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The Mighty Swordsmen is a 1970 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in December 1970 and was a follow-up to the earlier Lancer anthology The Mighty Barbarians. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).
It contains Howard's BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER and a Conan pastiche by Björn Nyberg titled "The People of the Summit". The latter story was also reprinted in Conan the Swordsman.
Notes
Not dated.
Month of publication from William J. Denholm III's Lancer Checklist (Megavore #10, 1980).
Cover artist's signature is visible on the lower left of the back cover.
Printed in the US
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Identifiers
- ISBN: 0-553-12970-8 [978-0-553-12970-0]
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher / imprint
- Lancer
- Cover art
- Jim Steranko
- Illustrations
- None
1 linked Howard work
- Beyond the Black River story Howard writing Publications
15 contents entries
- "Beyond the Black River "
- Introduction (The Mighty Swordsmen) • essay by Hans Stefan Santesson 7 · introduction
- Non-REH Content
- Keeper of the Emerald Flame • [Thongor] • (1970) • novella by Lin Carter 11 · novelette
- "Introduction" by Hans Stefan Santesson
- The Bells of Shoredan • [Dilvish] • (1966) • short story by Roger Zelazny 65 · story
- "Keeper of the Emerald Flame" by Lin Carter
- Break the Door of Hell • [Traveller in Black] • (1966) • novelette by John Brunner 86 · novelette
- "The Bells of Shoredan" by Roger Zelazny
- The People of the Summit • short story by Björn Nyberg 133 · story
- "Break the Doors of Hell" by John Brunner
- The Flame Bringers • [The Elric Saga] • (1962) • novelette by Michael Moorcock 149 · novelette
- "The People of the Summit" by Bjö rn Nyberg
- Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard 187 · novelette
- "The Flame Bringers" by Michael Moorcock
Contributors
- Hans Stefan Santesson
- Editor, Introduction author
- Jim Steranko
- Cover artist
Characters / Featuring
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- The Mighty Swordsmen
- Publisher
- Lancer
- Date
- 1970
- Source file
- mightyswordsman.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Mighty Swordsmen
- Publisher
- Lancer
- Date
- 1970