Swords and Sorcery

Swords and Sorcery

Cover of Swords and Sorcery
Author edited by L. Sprague de Camp
Illustrator Virgil Finlay
Cover artist Virgil Finlay
Country United States
Language English
Genre Fantasy short stories
Publisher Pyramid Books
Publication date
1963
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 186 pp
ISBN NA
Followed by The Spell of Seven

Swords and Sorcery is a 1963 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by L. Sprague de Camp and illustrated by Virgil Finlay. It was first published in paperback by Pyramid Books. It has the distinction of being the first sword and sorcery anthology ever assembled, and paved the way for three additional such anthologies edited by de Camp and many more produced by other editors and publishers. It has also been translated into German.

The book collects eight sword and sorcery tales by various authors, with an overall introduction by de Camp. The piece by Poul Anderson later became one of the foundational stories of the Thieves' World shared world anthologies edited by Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey.

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