Flashing Swords! 5: Demons and Daggers

Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers

First hardback edition.
Editor	Lin Carter
Cover artist	Ron Miller (hardcover) Richard Corben (paperback)
Language	English
Series	Flashing Swords!
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Nelson Doubleday
Publication date	1981
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	viii, 184
Preceded by	Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians
Followed by	Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #6

Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers is an American anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in December 1981 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club, and in paperback by Dell Books simultaneously.[1]

Summary

The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), an 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.

Contents

• "Introduction: Where Magic Reigns" by Lin Carter
• "Tower of Ice" (Dilvish) by Roger Zelazny
• "A Thief in Korianth" by C. J. Cherryh
• "Parting Gifts" by Diane Duane
• "A Dealing with Demons" (Ebenezum) by Craig Shaw Gardner
• "The Dry Season" by Tanith Lee

Awards

The book placed fifth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.[1]

Reception

The anthology was reviewed by Jeff Frane in Locus no. 253, February 1982, and Michael E. Stamm in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review no. 4, May 1982.[1]

Notes

1. Flashing Swords! 5: Demons and Daggers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database