Flashing Swords! #1 (1974)

by Lin Carter (Editor)

Other authors: Poul Anderson (Contributor), Lin Carter (Contributor), Fritz Leiber (Contributor), Jack Vance (Contributor)

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Series: Flashing Swords! (1)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
208	1	98,583	(3.18)	None

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

terminal_beach_books, wilmet, scottmanning, jackanaples, dunwich79, sm682csp, gunnesplin, SandysLibrary

numbers

show all

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

A fine anthology, dating from the aftermath of the Tolkien invasion. "the Sadness of the Executioner" by Leiber, "the Merman's children" by Anderson are the cream of the crop, but the other two are worthy of inclusion. (

)

DinadansFriend | Feb 3, 2017 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (2 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Carter, Lin	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Poul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carter, Lin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Leiber, Fritz	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vance, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Frazetta, Frank	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pennington, Bruce	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Flashing Swords! (1)

Belongs to Publisher Series

Science Fiction Book Club (5654)

Contains

The Sadness of the Executioner [short story] by Fritz Leiber

Morreion: A tale of the dying earth by Jack Vance

Der Halbgott [Kurzgeschichte] by Lin Carter

The Merman's Children [short story] by Poul Anderson

Is abridged in

Flug der Zauberer by Lin Carter

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

1974

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

Epigraph

Dedication

This first volume of Flashing Swords is dedicated, with respect and affection, to the late ROBERT E. HOWARD without whom we would all probably be writing nothing but science fiction stories.

First words

This book contains four Sword & Sorcery novelettes, averaging 15,000 words each, from some of the most popular writers in this genre.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Dark and wondrous realms of the imagination await you in this exciting and unusual anthology. Here, in four original novellas, are awe-inspiring sorcerers with the power of the universe at their fingertips ...... mighty heroes undaunted by the most perilous quests .... gods and mythic creatures who strike fear into the hearts of mortals. Each of the tales was written especially for this volume, and they offer a matchless treat of breathtaking adventure.

Haiku summary

Add to Your books

Add to wishlist