Flashing Swords! 5: Demons and Daggers

Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers
First hardback edition.
EditorLin Carter
Cover artistRon Miller (hardcover)
Richard Corben (paperback)
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFlashing Swords!
GenreFantasy
PublisherNelson Doubleday
Publication date1981
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pagesviii, 184
Preceded byFlashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians 
Followed byLin Carter's Flashing Swords! #6 

Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers is an American anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in December 1981 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club, and in paperback by Dell Books simultaneously.[1]

Summary

The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by various fantasy writers, together with a general introduction and introductions to the individual stories by the editor. While previous volumes in the series had highlighted the work of members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), in recognition of the expanding circle of authors exploring sword and sorcery fiction, this fifth anthology showcased works of fantasy authors who were not (or not yet) members of SAGA.[2]

Contents

Awards

The book placed fifth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.[1]

Reception

The anthology was reviewed by Jeff Frane in Locus no. 253, February 1982, and Michael E. Stamm in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review no. 4, May 1982.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Flashing Swords! 5: Demons and Daggers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ↑ Carter, Lin. "Where Magic Reigns" (Introduction), in Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers, Dell Books, 1981, p. vii.


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