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Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever conjured onto the page: Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a storytelling sensation, a cornerstone of fantasy fiction—and an inspiration for a new generation of writers, spinning their own outsize tales of magic and swashbuckling adventure.
Now, in The Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and bestselling author Gardner Dozois presents an all-new anthology of original epic tales by a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters—many of them set in their authors’ best-loved worlds. Join today’s finest tellers of fantastic tales, including George R. R. Martin, K. J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, and more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do, featuring a stunning assortment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down danger and death at every turn with courage, cunning, and cold steel.
FEATURING SIXTEEN ALL-NEW STORIES:
“The Best Man Wins” by K. J. Parker, read by John Lee
“Her Father’s Sword” by Robin Hobb, read by Katharine McEwan
“The Hidden Girl” by Ken Liu, read by Kim Mai Guest
“The Sword of Destiny” by Matthew Hughes, read by Elliott Hill
“‘I Am a Handsome Man’ Said Apollo Crow,” by Kate Elliott, read by Steve West
“The Triumph of Virtue” by Walter Jon Williams, read by Elliott Hill
“The Mocking Tower” by Daniel Abraham, read by Richard Brewer
“Hrunting” by C. J. Cherryh, read by John Lee
“A Long, Cold Trail” by Garth Nix, read by Nicholas Guy Smith
“When I Was a Highwayman” by Ellen Kushner, read by Kirby Heyborne
“The Smoke of Gold Is Glory” by Scott Lynch, read by Ralph Lister
“The Colgrid Connundrum” by Rich Larson, read by Mark Deakins
“The King’s Evil” by Elizabeth Bear, read by Julia Whelan
“Waterfalling” by Lavie Tidhar, read by Mark Deakins
“The Sword Tyraste” by Cecelia Holland, read by Steve West
“The Sons of the Dragon” by George R. R. Martin, read by Ralph Lister
And an introduction by Gardner Dozois, read by Arthur Morey
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Creators
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Gardner DozoisEditor
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George R. R. MartinAuthor
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Robin HobbAuthor
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Garth NixAuthor
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John LeeNarrator
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Katharine Lee McEwanNarrator
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Kim Mai GuestNarrator
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Elliot HillNarrator
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Richard BrewerNarrator
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Nicholas Guy SmithNarrator
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Kirby HeyborneNarrator
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Julia WhelanNarrator
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Mark DeakinsNarrator
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Steve WestNarrator
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Ralph ListerNarrator
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Publisher
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Release date
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Formats
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780525492719
- File size: 640388 KB
- Duration: 22:14:08
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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August 14, 2017
Swords and sorceries abound in this massive anthology, featuring several luminaries of the fantasy genre. A few of these stories stand out, including Ken Liu’s “The Hidden Girl,” in which a girl in mythical China is kidnapped by a sorceress and trained to become a brilliant assassin who walks between worlds. “ ‘I Am a Handsome Man,’ Said Apollo Crow” by Kate Elliott also breaks the mold with a man, or maybe a banished god, who’s bound by a curse to serve but may remain wily enough to choose his own master. Robin Hobb’s “Her Father’s Sword” will take her regular readers back to familiar territory as a young village girl struggles to cope with an attack in the setting of her Farseer novels. Other works, such as Daniel Abraham’s “The Mocking Tower” and Ellen Kushner’s “When I Was a Highwayman” (which takes place in her Riverside setting), feel familiar for a different reason, differentiating themselves very little from general fantasy tropes. The anthology has strengths and weaknesses, but many readers will pick it up just for a new George R.R. Martin short story tied to the Song of Ice and Fire series. -
February 1, 2018
This anthology of stories inspired by sword and sorcery (S&S) tales such as Robert E. Howard's Conan, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, and Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone boasts 16 pieces by a roster of modern fantasy star authors, including George R.R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, C.J. Cherryh, Elizabeth Bear, and Ellen Kushner. Settings range from historical China and the Scandinavia of Beowulf to created worlds like Martin's Westeros and Hobb's Six Duchies, and most feature a sword or swords in a prominent role--though Lavie Tidhar's "Waterfalling" stands out as one exception for its gunslinging warriors in a bizarre cityscape. Each entry is narrated by a different reader, all top-notch. The variety of tales offers something for most fantasy fans to enjoy--the tones mostly range from the grim to the slightly less grim, occasionally seasoned with a few laughs. VERDICT Recommended for fans of any of the included authors or of the S&S genre in general, and for fantasy readers looking to discover a new favorite author. ["With original stories from [multiple] contributors...this is a great collection for any fantasy fan": LJ 9/15/17 review of the Bantam hc.]--Jason Puckett, Georgia State Univ. Lib., Atlanta
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