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Swords &Sorcery edited by L. Sprague de Camp
Pyramid Books
December 1963
186 pages
Cover art and interior art by Virgil Finlay
This has to be one of the best anthologies I've ever had the pleasure to read. The table of contents is a who's who of classic sword & sorcery authors. It is hard to imagine when this book was new--a couple of these fantastic authors were still alive! This December it will have been sixty-one years since this book was published.
De Camp edited the collection, wrote the introd ...more
Pyramid Books
December 1963
186 pages
Cover art and interior art by Virgil Finlay
This has to be one of the best anthologies I've ever had the pleasure to read. The table of contents is a who's who of classic sword & sorcery authors. It is hard to imagine when this book was new--a couple of these fantastic authors were still alive! This December it will have been sixty-one years since this book was published.
De Camp edited the collection, wrote the introd ...more
In his introduction, de Camp posits the same basic historical progression as Lin Carter flogged for the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and afterward: William Morris was the first modern writer of constructed-world fantasy, and from there to Lord Dunsany and so on.
But after stating this, de Camp is not here to step through it chronologically. This is a variety grab-bag sampler of styles and plots, ranging from Howard's extremely straightforward "Shadows in the Moonlight" to the dreamlike Dunsan ...more
But after stating this, de Camp is not here to step through it chronologically. This is a variety grab-bag sampler of styles and plots, ranging from Howard's extremely straightforward "Shadows in the Moonlight" to the dreamlike Dunsan ...more
Maybe 4 and a half stars. A really good collection. Very pulpish.
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