Flashing Swords! 3: Warriors and Wizards
 Cover art from the first paperback edition. | |
| Editor | Lin Carter |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Flashing Swords! |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Nelson Doubleday |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Preceded by | Flashing Swords! #2 |
| Followed by | Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians |
Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer 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.[1]
The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), an 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.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Flashing Swords! 3: Warriors and Wizards title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database