Flashing Swords! #2 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in 1973 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club and in paperback by Dell Books in February 1974. The first British edition was issued by Mayflower in February 1975.[1]

Flashing Swords! #2
Cover art from the first hardcover edition
EditorLin Carter
Cover artistFrank Frazetta
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFlashing Swords!
GenreFantasy
PublisherNelson Doubleday
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Preceded byFlashing Swords! #1 
Followed byFlashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards 

Summary

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The book collects four 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.

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Reception

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The anthology was review by Carter himself in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories, 1975, and by Bert Duch in Amra v. 5, no. 65, April 1976.[1]

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