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The Sword & Sorcery Anthology

David G. Hartwell (Editor),

Jacob Weisman (Editor)

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May 23, 2012 Joseph rated it really liked it

A very solid collection that starts off strong (with stories by Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore and Fritz Leiber) and just keeps going. Mostly reprints but with two original stories -- a new Nifft the Lean tale by Michael Shea, and a new story by Michael Swanwick. Other authors include Michael Moorcock, Joanna Russ and Jane Yolen. Oh, and this promising young newcomer named George R.R. Martin. (The Martin piece I'm pretty sure ended up being incorporated into one of the Ice & Fire novels -- it's ab ...more

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Feb 17, 2020 Derek rated it really liked it

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David Drake's introduction does it no favors, and the editors included no connective tissue that would make this more than a haphazard pile of stories. This is a problem when you start with Robert E Howard, C L Moore, and Fritz Leiber--all heavily reprinted--and make an implicit historical progression.

The find of this collection is the Dread Empire story with the long title. It reads like a fantasy rework of Shane from the perspective of the mysterious stranger, and has all the politics and geog ...more

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Jun 19, 2020 Michael rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed this anthology of short stories. Not every story was as good as other ones, But overall I enjoyed them.Sword and sorcery story telling is a lost art and it is difficult to find new material to read.

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