Flashing Swords! 3: Warriors and Wizards


Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. The first two volumes of this series had been published in hardcover by Doubleday. However, Volume #3 was published only in paperback. The first German edition was issued by Pabel in November 1978.

Summary

The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, 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.

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Awards

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

Reception

The anthology was reviewed by J. P. Manteel and Byron Roarke in The Howard Review no. 3, August 1998, and in The Howard Review no. 3.5, December 1990, by Alan Winston in Delap's F & SF Review, January 1977, Carter himself in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3, Michael Nagula in SF Perry Rhodan Magazin, 2/79, and Helmut W. Pesch in Magira no. 32, 1979.