Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery
Jonathan Strahan · Lou Anders
Jun 2010 · Harper Collins
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An anthology of seventeen original tales of sword and sorcery penned by masters old and new.
Elric . . . the Black Company . . . Majipoor. For years, these have been some of the names that have captured the hearts of generations of readers and embodied the sword and sorcery genre. And now some of the most beloved and bestselling fantasy writers working today deliver stunning all-new sword and sorcery stories in an anthology of small stakes but high action, grim humor mixed with gritty violence, fierce monsters and fabulous treasures, and, of course, swordplay. Don’t miss the adventure of the decade!
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“[Strahan and Anders] present seventeen original stories that recall the classic works of Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber. . . . Fans of the classics will appreciate the tie-ins to familiar series by Michael Moorcock, Glen Cook, and Robert Silverberg, plus a fully authorized Cugel the Clever cameo by Michael Shea.” —Publishers Weekly
Elric . . . the Black Company . . . Majipoor. For years, these have been some of the names that have captured the hearts of generations of readers and embodied the sword and sorcery genre. And now some of the most beloved and bestselling fantasy writers working today deliver stunning all-new sword and sorcery stories in an anthology of small stakes but high action, grim humor mixed with gritty violence, fierce monsters and fabulous treasures, and, of course, swordplay. Don’t miss the adventure of the decade!
Featuring:
- Goats of Glory by Steven Erikson
- Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company by Glen Cook
- Bloodsport by Gene Wolfe
- The Singing Spear by James Enge
- A Wizard in Wiscezan by C.J. Cherryh
- A Rich Full Week by K.J. Parker
- A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet by Garth Nix
- Red Pearls: An Elric Story by Michael Moorcock
- The Deification of Dal Bamore: A Tale from Echo City by Tim Lebbon
- Dark Times at the Midnight Market by Robert Silverberg
- The Undefiled by Greg Keyes
- Hew the Tintmaster by Michael Shea
- In the Stacks by Scott Lynch
- Two Lions, a Witch, and the War-Robe by Tanith Lee
- The Sea Troll’s Daughter by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Thieves of Daring by Bill Willingham
- The Fool Jobs by Joe Abercrombie
“[Strahan and Anders] present seventeen original stories that recall the classic works of Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber. . . . Fans of the classics will appreciate the tie-ins to familiar series by Michael Moorcock, Glen Cook, and Robert Silverberg, plus a fully authorized Cugel the Clever cameo by Michael Shea.” —Publishers Weekly
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About the author
Jonathan Strahan was born in 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986. In 1990 he co-founded Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and worked on it as co-editor and co-publisher until 1999. He was also co-publisher of Eidolon Books which published Robin Pen's The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters, Howard Waldrop's Going Home Again, Storm Constantine's The Thorn Boy, and Terry Dowling's Blackwater Days. In 2015 he was nominated in the editor and anthology categories for the Locus Awards with the title Reach for Infinity. In 2018, he won the 2017 Aurealis Awards for the best Australian anthology for his book, Infinity Wars.
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