num_pages: 186
description: A collection of eight stories/novellettes of heroic fantasy selected and with an introduction by L. Sprague De Camp.Contains stories by Poul Anderson H. P. Lovecraft Robert E. Howard Henry Kuttner Lord Dunsany Clark Ashton Smith C. L. Moore and Fritz Leiber.Contents:7  Introduction: Heroic Fantasy  L. Sprague de Camp  in 11  The Valor of Cappen Varra [Cappen Varra]  Poul Anderson  ss Fantastic Universe Jan 57 27  Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller  Lord Dunsany  ss The Sketch Jan 11 11 33  Shadows in the Moonlight [Conan]  Robert E. Howard  nv Weird Tales Apr 34 67  The Citadel of Darkness [Prince Raynor]  Henry Kuttner  nv Strange Stories Aug 39 97  When the Sea-Kings Away [Fafhrd &amp; Gray Mouser]  Fritz Leiber  nv Fantastic May 60 123  The Doom That Came to Sarnath [revised from The Slot Jun 20]  H. P. Lovecraft  ss Weird Tales Jun 38 133  Hellsgarde [Jirel of Joiry]  C. L. Moore  nv Weird Tales Apr 39 169  The Testament of Athammaus  Clark Ashton Smith  ss Weird Tales Oct 32
language: English
title: Swords and Sorcery
publisher: Pyramid Books