Series
Flashing Swords
Lin Carter, Robert M. Price & Frank Schildiner · 1 novella · 8 anthologies · 1973–2023
Flashing Swords! is a series of fantasy anthologies published by Dell Books from 1973 to 1981 under the editorship of Lin Carter, and revived under the editorship of Robert M. Price in 2020. It originally showcased the heroic fantasy work of the members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat informal literary group active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was a guiding force. The revived series featured pieces by newer, lesser-known authors, along with older material by Carter.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Flashing Swords at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s4
- 1980s1
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s0
- 2020s4
Shape
1 novella · 8 anthologies
3 authors
reads like:fantasyquestssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 78% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book9 of 9 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Demons and Daggersdarkest · calmest
- Flashing Swords! #2brightest · most intense