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Flashing Swords! 3: Warriors and Wizards

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Country
  
United States

Series
  
Flashing Swords!

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover)

Author
  
Lin Carter

Publisher
  
Nelson Doubleday

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1976

Originally published
  
1976

Preceded by
  
Flashing Swords! 2

Genres
  
Fantasy, Short story

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Followed by
  
Flashing Swords! 4: Barbarians and Black Magicians

Similar
  
Lin Carter books, Flashing Swords! books, Short Stories

Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in 1976 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club, and in paperback by Dell Books in August 1976. The first German edition was issued by Pabel in November 1978.

Contents

The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat informal literary group of fantasy authors active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was also a member and guiding force, together with a general introduction and introductions to the individual stories by the editor.

Contents

  • "Introduction: Warriors and Wizards" by Lin Carter
  • "Two Yards of Dragon" (Eudoric Dambertson) by L. Sprague de Camp
  • "The Frost Monstreme" (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) by Fritz Leiber
  • "Spider Silk" (Witch World) by Andre Norton
  • "The Curious Custom of the Turjan Seraad" (Amalrik the Mangod) by Lin Carter
  • "Caravan to Illiel" by Avram Davidson
  • Reception

    The anthology was nominated for the 1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection.

    References

    Flashing Swords! 3: Warriors and Wizards Wikipedia