New Sword and Sorcery anthology coming soon
New writers of Sword and Sorcery combined with well-known authors will be featured in the upcoming anthology Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders, published by Harper Eos book
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, coming out on June 22 2010, in trade paperback http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061723819?ie=UTF8&tag=louandersbook-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061723819 . Shortly thereafter, in July, Subterranean Press will release a limited 424 pages run http://www.subterraneanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=strahan01&Category_Code=PRE&Product_Count=28
(500 signed numbered copies bound in full cloth), with cover art from Dominic Harman http://www.dominic-harman.com/
Here’s the table of contents :
“Introduction: Check Your Dark Lord at the Door” – Lou Anders & Jonathan Strahan
“Goats of Glory” – Steven Erikson
“Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company” – Glen Cook
“Bloodsport” – Gene Wolfe
“The Singing Spear” – James Enge
“A Wizard of Wiscezan” – C.J. Cherryh
“A Rich Full Week” – K. J. Parker
“A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet” – Garth Nix
“Red Pearls: An Elric Story” – Michael Moorcock
“The Deification of Dal Bamore” – Tim Lebbon
“Dark Times at the Midnight Market” – Robert Silverberg
“The Undefiled” – Greg Keyes
” Dapple Hew the Tint Master” – Michael Shea
“In the Stacks” – Scott Lynch
“Two Lions, A Witch, and the War-Robe” – Tanith Lee
“The Sea Troll’s Daughter” – Caitlin R Kiernan
“Thieves of Daring” – Bill Willingham
“The Fool Jobs” – Joe Abercrombie
Lou Anders http://louanders.blogspot.com/2009/10/swords-dark-magic-table-of-contents.html says that « The Steven Erikson tale
http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Steven-Erikson/biography.html
is not a Malazan http://malazanempire.com/site/index.php story,
…these are all original stories, no reprints. Also, the Moorcock http://www.multiverse.org/ is a new Elric http://www.stormbringer.net/elric.html story, the Silverberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
a new Majipoor http://www.majipoor.com/ , the Cook http://www.xmission.com/~shpshftr/GC/GC-Home.html
a new Black Company http://www.glencook.org/index.php/The_Black_Company_Series , the Enge http://jamesenge.com/ a Morlock http://www.amazon.com/This-Crooked-Way-James-Enge/dp/1591027845/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2 tale, the Keyes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Keyes a Fool Wolf http://www.amazon.ca/Hounds-Ash-Other-Tales-Fool/dp/1894063090 tale, the Abercrombie http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=2218
featuring characters from his next work ». This upcoming book will be titled The Heroes http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2009/08/heroes.html
Michael Shea
http://www.michaelsheaauthor.com/
contributes with another of his new http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Simbilis-UQ1092-Michael-Shea/dp/0879970928 (and authorized) Cugel the Clever adventures http://www.ulujain.org/vance/cugel.shtml
It also includes authors Scott Lynch http://www.scottlynch.us/ and Garth Nix http://www.garthnix.co.uk/home , Gene Wolfe http://www.ultan.org.uk/ , Peter S. Beagle http://www.peterbeagle.com/index2.shtml , and C. J. Cherryh ; http://www.cherryh.com/ Tim Lebbon http://www.timlebbon.net/, KJ Parker http://www.kjparker.net/
Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery and horror writers, new blood combined with famous authors will all appear in the upcoming anthology Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders.
It will be published by Harper Eos books and it is scheduled to come out on June 22 2010, in trade paperback. Shortly thereafter, during July, Subterranean Press will release a limited 424-pages run (500 signed numbered copies bound in full cloth), with cover art from Dominic Harman.
Here’s the table of contents :
“Introduction: Check Your Dark Lord at the Door” – Lou Anders & Jonathan Strahan
“Goats of Glory” – Steven Erikson
“Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company” – Glen Cook
“Bloodsport” – Gene Wolfe
“The Singing Spear” – James Enge
“A Wizard of Wiscezan” – C.J. Cherryh
“A Rich Full Week” – K. J. Parker
“A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet” – Garth Nix
“Red Pearls: An Elric Story” – Michael Moorcock
“The Deification of Dal Bamore” – Tim Lebbon
“Dark Times at the Midnight Market” – Robert Silverberg
“The Undefiled” – Greg Keyes
” Dapple Hew the Tint Master” – Michael Shea
“In the Stacks” – Scott Lynch
“Two Lions, A Witch, and the War-Robe” – Tanith Lee
“The Sea Troll’s Daughter” – Caitlin R Kiernan
“Thieves of Daring” – Bill Willingham
“The Fool Jobs” – Joe Abercrombie
Lou Anders says ” The Steven Erikson tale is not a Malazan story (…) these are all original stories, no reprints. Also, the Moorcock is a new Elric, the Silverberg a new Majipoor, the Cook a new Black Company, the Enge a Morlock, the Keyes a Fool Wolf tale…”
Joe Abercrombie’s yarn will feature characters from his upcoming book, The Heroes. Michael Shea contributes with another of his new (and authorized) Cugel the Clever adventures. As you can see above, the anthology will also includes authors Scott Lynch, Garth Nix, Gene Wolfe, Peter S. Beagle, C. J. Cherryh, Tim Lebbon, KJ Parker, Tanith Lee, Caitlin R Kiernan and Bill Willingham.
