 Cover of the first edition. | |
| Editor | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Virgil Finlay |
| Cover artist | Virgil Finlay |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Pyramid Books |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 186 |
| Followed by | The Spell of Seven |
Swords and Sorcery is ananthology offantasy short stories in thesword and sorcery subgenre, edited byL. Sprague de Camp and illustrated byVirgil Finlay. It was first published in paperback byPyramid Books in 1963,[1][2] but most of the stories were originally from 1930spulp magazines. This was first sword and sorcery anthology ever assembled, and was followed by three additional such anthologies edited by de Camp.[1] It has also been translated into German.[1][2]
The book collects eight sword and sorcery tales by various authors, with an overall introduction by de Camp. The piece byPoul Anderson introduced his Cappen Varra character, later one of the foundational characters of theThieves' Worldshared world anthologies edited byRobert Asprin andLynn Abbey.