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Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery

Jonathan Strahan (Editor),

Steven Erikson (Contributor)

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Sep 12, 2016 Karl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: subterranean-own

This is copy 102 of 500 signed and numbered copies.

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Feb 04, 2019 Derek rated it really liked it

Shelves: sword-and-sorcery, anthology-or-collection

It wiggles around in the Sword and Sorcery label, fortunately sampling from both gritty/grimdark and from lighter fare. The entire collection is excellent, nonetheless.

For my favorite, I'd have to name Scott Lynch's "In the Stacks", which posits a multiversal/multiworld fantasy, at the center of which is a straight take on the Unseen University and it's enormous, semi-sentient library. The protagonists' goal: return a book and get out alive. It was rich with invention and a bit of whimsy without ...more

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Jun 23, 2013 Morgan rated it did not like it

Do not read or buy this book! No unless you want to read about body fluids including urine, pus, open sores, and feces. I was excited to hear this past spring that there would be a new sword-and-sorcery fiction anthology from the big press. I really enjoyed Andrew Offutt’s Swords Against Darkness and Page & Reinhardt’s Heroic Fantasy back in the day and was hoping this would be the start of a new era.
The first warning sign was the cover. The cover painting for the trade paperback edition is jus ...more

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Jul 09, 2010 Greg (adds 2 TBR list daily) Hersom rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fanlitreading

review will post at fantasyliterature.com

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Jan 26, 2018 Michael rated it did not like it

Shelves: science-fiction-fantasy, fiction

Most of the stories in this anthology were bad. There were two that I liked: the Michael Moorcock one about Elric, and another one (I don't remember the name). Shitty writing, boring plots. I got it from the library. Meh.

I'm in a bit of a reading funk right now. ...more

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