Publication: Swords Against Darkness V

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Publication: Swords Against Darkness VPublication Record # 34098
Editor: Andrew J. Offutt
Date: 1979-11-00
ISBN: 0-89083-550-0 [978-0-89083-550-0]
Publisher: Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp.
Price:
$2.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 288
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Swords Against Darkness V by Luis Bermejo
Notes:
- First printing November 1979.
- No printing number line in book.
- Copyright © 1979 by Andrew J. Offutt.
- "Edited and with an introduction by Andrew J. Offutt" below title on title page, front cover and spine.
- Foreword to the Fifth Volume of Swords Against Darkness ends with Andrew Offutt (over) Kentucky, USA.
- Each story and it's author has a commentary before it starts by Andrew J. Offutt. They are not titled and the last is signed -Andy.
- Cover artist identified from a sale listing of the original painting.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 16719503
- Reginald-3: 30954

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Anthology Title: Swords Against Darkness V • [Swords Against Darkness • 5] • anthology by Andrew J. Offutt

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Foreword to the Fifth Volume of Swords Against Darkness • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
12 • The Mouths of Light • [Ryre] • short story by Ramsey Campbell
31 • Perfidious Amber • [Cyrion] • short story by Tanith Lee
48 • Awake, Awake, Ye Northern Winds • novelette by Simon R. Green [as by Simon Green]
76 • Rats • short story by Robert Fester
88 • The Forging • novelette by Robin Kincaid
116 • Hungry Grass • short story by Keith Taylor
134 • The Tale of the Cat, the Mouse, the Sorcerer, and the Children • [Myrd Cherf] • novelette by Edward DeGeorge
162 • Golden Vanity • short story by James Arthur Anderson [as by James Anderson]
175 • The Castle of Kites and Crows • [Julian • 9] • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
191 • The Scream of the Rose • novelette by Paul McGuire [as by Paul McGuire, III]
222 • Joni • novelette by Gordon Linzner
248 • Druin's Heritage • novelette by Richard K. Lyon

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Rtrace	2009-11-05 22:29:01	Permanent	2022-09-02
Don Erikson	2013-06-13 11:56:30	Permanent	2020-03-29
Philfreund	2022-02-08 11:54:44	Permanent	2022-09-04

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Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2017-10-23 15:49:24
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Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2017-10-23 15:49:24
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2017-10-23 15:49:24
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Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2017-10-23 15:49:24
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