The Mighty Swordsmen

The Mighty Swordsmen

Cover of The Mighty Swordsmen
Author	edited by Hans Stefan Santesson
Cover artist	Jim Steranko
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Lancer Books
Publication date	1970
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	256 pp.
Preceded by	The Mighty Barbarians
Followed by	The Mighty Warriors

The Mighty Swordsmen is a 1970 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in December 1970,[1] and was a follow-up to the earlier Lancer anthology The Mighty Barbarians. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).[2]

Summary

The book collects six sword and sorcery tales of authors and protagonists prominent in the genre, featuring Robert E. Howard's Conan, Lin Carter's Thongor, Michael Moorcock's Elric, John Brunner's Traveller in Black, and Roger Zelazny's Dilvish.

Contents

• "Keeper of the Emerald Flame" (Thongor) (Lin Carter)
• "The Bells of Shoredan" (Dilvish) (Roger Zelazny)
• "Break the Door of Hell" (Traveller in Black) (John Brunner)
• "The People of the Summit" (Conan) (Björn Nyberg)
• "The Flame Bringers" (Elric) (Michael Moorcock)
• "Beyond the Black River" (Conan) (Robert E. Howard)

Reception

The book was reviewed by L. Sprague de Camp in Amra v. 2, no. 54, April 1971, and Douglas Menville in Forgotten Fantasy no. 5, June 1971.[1]

Notes

1. The Mighty Swordsmen title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2. Price, Robert M., ed. The Mighty Warriors, Warren, RI, Ulthar Press, 2018. p. 4.