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Sword and Sorceress

Marion Zimmer Bradley (editor / contributor),

Phyllis Ann Karr (contributor)

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Jan 30, 2024 Dartharagorn rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed most of these stories. The first was ok. Probably my least favorite. The last one was just ok as well. The others were really entertaining. I would definitely recommend this if you're a fan of S&S it was very enjoyable. ...more

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Dec 31, 2021 Derek rated it liked it

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

Bradley went into this collection with a set of hard rules, and in the process discovered how hard it was to keep to them: female protagonists, fantasy, and no graphic scenes of rape. She acknowledges the exceptions and I think the result digs into a larger goal--there is nothing gratuitous and each has something interesting to say. Even the weakest of them (arguably "House in the Forest" or "Things Come in Threes") goes about it with craft and voice.
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Dec 05, 2011 Greg added it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I read this such a long time ago that I really can't remember any of the stories at this stage so this book would be a good contender for a re-read! However, when I read the book in 1989 (!) I jotted down very brief notes onto a bookmark, which I left in the book. The stories (of fifteen) that I liked the most at that time were those by Michael Ward, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Robin W. Bailey and Dorothy J. Heydt. I seemed to be undecided about the stories by Stephen L. Burns and Diana L. Paxso ...more

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