''Heroic Fantasy'' is an
anthology
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In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
of
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
stories, edited by
Gerald W. Page
Gerald Wilburn Page (born August 12, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, mystery and horror. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on August 12, 1939. He sold his first story to the magazine ''Analog'' where it appeared in ...
and
Hank Reinhardt. It was first published in paperback by
DAW Books in April 1979.
The book collects fourteen short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, together with an overall introduction by both editors and three essays on arms by Reinhardt alone.
Contents
*"Editor's Introduction" (
Gerald W. Page
Gerald Wilburn Page (born August 12, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, mystery and horror. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on August 12, 1939. He sold his first story to the magazine ''Analog'' where it appeared in ...
) and (
Hank Reinhardt)
*"Sand Sister" (
Andre Norton)
*"The Valley of the Sorrows" (
Galad Elflandsson
Galad Elflandsson (born 1951) is a Canadian fantasy writer.
Literary career
In the 1980s, Elflandsson was a member of a group of fantasy writers who met at the House of Speculative Fiction bookstore in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which he also mana ...
)
*"Ghoul's-Head" (
Donald J. Walsh, Jr.)
*"Commentary on Swords and Swordplay" (essay) (
Hank Reinhardt)
*"Astral Stray" (
Adrian Cole)
*"Blood in the Mist" (
E. C. Tubb)
*"Commentary on Armor" (essay) (
Hank Reinhardt)
*"The Murderous Dove" (
Tanith Lee)
*"Death in Jukun" (
Charles R. Saunders
Charles Robert Saunders (July 12, 1946May 2020) was an African-American author and journalist, a pioneer of the "sword and soul" literary genre with his Imaro novels.Tattrie, Jon.The extraordinary inner world of Charles R. Saunders, father of ...
)
*"The De Pertriche Ring" (
H. Warner Munn
Harold Warner Munn (November 5, 1903 – January 10, 1981) was an American writer of fantasy, horror and poetry,Don Herron, "Munn, H(arold) Warner", in Jack Sullivan, ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural'' (New York, Viking ...
)
*"Commentary on Courage and Heroism" (essay) (
Hank Reinhardt)
*"The Hero Who Returned" (
Gerald W. Page
Gerald Wilburn Page (born August 12, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, mystery and horror. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on August 12, 1939. He sold his first story to the magazine ''Analog'' where it appeared in ...
)
*" The Riddle of the Horn" (
Darrell Schweitzer)
*"The Age of the Warrior" (
Hank Reinhardt)
*"The Mistaken Oracle" (
A. E. Silas)
*"Demonsong" (
F. Paul Wilson
Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...
)
*"The Seeker in the Fortress" (
Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 – April 5, 1986) was an American writer. While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as ''Astounding Stories'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Unknown'' and ''Strange Stories'', Wellman is ...
)
External links
ISFD entry for ''Heroic Fantasy''
1979 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
DAW Books books
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