Flashing Swords! 3: Warriors and Wizards

Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Dell Books in August 1976. The first German edition was issued by Pabel in November 1978.[1]

Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards
Cover art from the first paperback edition.
EditorLin Carter
Cover artistDon Maitz
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFlashing Swords!
GenreFantasy
PublisherDell Books
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Preceded byFlashing Swords! #2 
Followed byFlashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians 

Summary

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

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The book was nominated for the 1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection.[1]

Reception

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The anthology was reviewed by J. P. Manteel and Byron Roarke in The Howard Review (second edition) 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.[1]


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