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Flashing Swords! was a series of
fantasy anthologies published by
Dell Books from 1973 to 1981 under the editorship of
Lin Carter. It showcased the
heroic fantasy work of the members of the
Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat informal literary group active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was the guiding force. Most of the important
sword and sorcery writers at the time of the group’s founding were members; later, membership was extended to other fantasy authors.
The
Flashing Swords! series provides a cross-section of the heroic fantasy of the period. Carter and SAGA also sponsored The
Gandalf Award from 1974-1981. With the collapse of Carter’s health in the 1980s the anthology series, the Gandalf award, and likely SAGA itself all went into abeyance.
Contents
In all, twenty-three stories were published in the series, all of them for the first time. These included two "
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser" stories by
Fritz Leiber (in #1 and #3), two "
Dying Earth" stories by
Jack Vance (in vols. 1 and 4), the first two parts of the novel
The Merman's Children by
Poul Anderson (also in 1 and 4), two "Amalric the Mangod" stories by
Lin Carter (in 1 and 3), a "
Pusad" tale and the first part of the novel
The Incorporated Knight by
L. Sprague de Camp (in 2 and 3, respectively), two "
Elric of Melniboné" stories by
Michael Moorcock (in 2 and 4), two "
Witch World" stories by
Andre Norton (in 2 and 3), two "Brak the Barbarian" stories by
John Jakes (in 2 and 4), one story by
Avram Davidson (in vol. 3), a "
Deryni" story by
Katherine Kurtz (in 4), a "
Dilvish" story by
Roger Zelazny (in 5), a story by
C. J. Cherryh (in 5), a story by
Diane Duane (in 5), an "Ebenezum" story by
Craig Shaw Gardner (in 5), and a story by
Tanith Lee (in 5).
The series
- Flashing Swords! #1 (1973)
- Flashing Swords! #2 (1973)
- (1976)
- (1977)
- (1981)
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