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Flashing Swords! Series

8 primary works • 10 total works
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). In 2020, Robert M. Price resurrected this series and has published sword and sorcery fiction anthologies consi…

Book 1

Flashing Swords! #1
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3.91 · 624 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1973 · 13 editions
Introductory Essay: Of Swordsmen & Sorcerers by Li…

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    Book 2

    Flashing Swords 2
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    3.66     · 218 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1973 · 9 editions
    FOUR MORE GREAT STORIES OF SWORD AND SORCERY

    BOLD!
    B…

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    Book 3

    Warriors and Wizards
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    3.57     · 138 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1976 · 7 editions
    Five great sagas of swords and sorcery by L. Sprag…

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    Book 4

    Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians
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    3.69     · 149 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1977 · 9 editions
    Vintage paperback

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    Book 5

    Demons and Daggers
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    3.66     · 116 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1981 · 4 editions
    Come enter the amazing realms of magic and mythic …

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    Book 6

    Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #6: A Sword & Sorcery Anthology
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    3.00     · 4 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
    Get out your trusty broadsword and your masculinit…

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    Book 7

    Flashing Swords #7
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    1.50     · 2 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition
    Lin Carter’s Flashing Swords #7 continues the …

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    Book 8

    Flashing Swords #8
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
    Every volume of Flashing Swords, our anthology ser…

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    Book 1-2

    Heroic fantasy
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 edition
    Il meglio della Fantasia Eroica contemporanea, att…

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    Book 3-4

    Maghi e guerrieri
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    3.33     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition
    Secondo volume del meglio della fantasia eroica co…

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