| Flashing Swords! #2 | |
 Cover art from the first hardcover edition |
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| Author | Lin Carter (editor) |
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| Cover artist | Frank Frazetta |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Flashing Swords! |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | Nelson Doubleday |
| Publication date | 1973 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Preceded by | Flashing Swords! #1 |
| Followed by | Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards |
Flashing Swords! #2 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. Linwood Vrooman Carter ( June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is an American fantasy and Science fiction Artist, noted for his Buck Rogers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Flashing Swords! was a series of Fantasy anthologies published by Dell Books from 1973 to 1981 under the editorship of Lin Carter. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Nelson Doubleday ( June 16, 1889 in Brooklyn - January 11, 1949 at Oyster Bay, Long Island was a U Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Flashing Swords! #1 is an Anthology of Fantasy stories edited by Lin Carter. Flashing Swords! #3 Warriors and Wizards is an Anthology of Fantasy stories edited by Lin Carter. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Linwood Vrooman Carter ( June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in 1973 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club and in paperback by Dell Books in February 1974. Nelson Doubleday ( June 16, 1889 in Brooklyn - January 11, 1949 at Oyster Bay, Long Island was a U Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States Mail-order business customers of which are offered a new Book each month Dell Publishing was an American publisher of Books, Magazines, and Comic books. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
The book collects four heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat 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. Heroic fantasy is a sub-genre of Fantasy literature which chronicles the tales of heroes and their conquests in imaginary lands The Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA is the name of a literary group of American fantasy authors active from the 1960s through the 1980s noted
Contents
- "Introduction: Flashing Swords and Black Magicians" by Lin Carter
- "The Rug and the Bull" (Pusad) by L. Sprague de Camp
- "The Jade Man’s Eyes" (Elric of Melniboné) by Michael Moorcock
- "Toads of Grimmerdale" (Witch World) by Andre Norton
- "Ghoul’s Garden" (Brak the Barbarian) by John Jakes
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