Warlocks and Warriors is an anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in hardcover by Putnam in 1970, and in paperback by Berkley Books in 1971.[1][2] It was the fourth such anthology assembled by de Camp, following his earlier Swords and Sorcery (1963), The Spell of Seven (1965), and The Fantastic Swordsmen (1967).[citation needed]

Warlocks and Warriors
Dust-jacket illustration of the first edition.
EditorL. Sprague de Camp
Cover artistJim Steranko
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherPutnam
Publication date
1970
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages255
Preceded byThe Fantastic Swordsmen 

Summary

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The book collects ten sword and sorcery tales by various authors, with an overall introduction by de Camp. As with the previous volume in the anthology series, The Fantastic Swordsmen, most of the stories are accompanied by maps illustrating their settings.[2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 116.
  2. ^ a b Warlocks and Warriors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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