 Dust-jacket illustration by Tim Kirk for Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers | |
| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Tim Kirk |
| Language | English |
| Subject | biography |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | xxix, 313 pp |
| ISBN | 0-87054-076-9 |
| OCLC | 2782776 |
| 809/.933/7 | |
| LC Class | PR830.F3 D4 |
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy is a work of collective biography on the formative authors of the heroic fantasy genre[1][2] by L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000), first published in 1976 by Arkham House in an edition of 5,431 copies. Nine chapters (2–10) are revisions from a series of ten articles, also titled "Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers," that initially appeared in the magazine Fantastic and the fanzine Amra between 1971 and 1976 (the tenth article, on L. Ron Hubbard, was omitted from the book).[3][4] A French edition was issued in May 2010 under the title Les pionniers de la fantasy, and an ebook edition was issued in June 2014 by Gateway/Orion.[4]
- ^ Tymn, Marshall B. "Guide to Resource Materials for Science Fiction and Fantasy Teachers," The English Journal, v. 68, no. 1, January 1979, page 71.
- ^ Tymn, Marshall B., ed. The Science Fiction Reference Book, Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, c1981, page 76.
- ^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 76.
- ^ a b Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database