Sword and Sorceress II: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Series | Sword and Sorceress #2 |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Ilene Meyer |
| Pages | 287 |
| Price | $2.95 |
| ISBN | 0886770416 |
- "First Printing, May 1985"
- First printing with a 1 to 9 number line.
- DAW Book No. 628; DAW catalog #UE2041
- Cover artist credit per copyright page
- Canadian price C$3.50
- The Table of Contents (ToC) has a number of discrepancies compared to how story titles or authors are listed in the body of the publication. These are listed below with the first part of each listing being how the story is stated in the body of the publication and then there are comments about how it's listed in the ToC.
- Pg. 7 - The Introduction is not listed in the ToC.
- Pg. 64 - Shadow Wood by Diana L. Paxson is credited to Diana Paxson in the ToC.
- Pg. 119 - Shimenege's Mask by Charles R. Saunders is credited to Charles Saunders in the ToC.
- Pg. 214 - Sword of the Mother by Dana Kramer-Rolls is credited to Dana Kramer Rolls (without the hyphen), and also as starting on page 215, in the ToC.
- Pg. 226 - Hunger by Russ Garrison is listed in the ToC as being on page 227. It actually starts on page 226.
- Pg. 266 - The Wound in the Moon by Vera Nazarian is listed as Wound on the Moon in the ToC. Note that the copyright page lists this as Wound on the Moon.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | C. W. Sullivan, III | Fantasy Review, June 1985 |
| 1986 | John Gregory Betancourt | Amazing Stories, January 1986 |
| 1988 | Andy Sawyer | Paperback Inferno, #74 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Introduction (Sword and Sorceress II) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Essay |
| 11 | A Night at Two Inns | Phyllis Ann Karr | Novelette |
| 34 | The Red Guild | Rachel Pollack | Novelette |
| 64 | Shadow Wood | Diana L. Paxson | Novelette |
| 86 | Unicorn's Blood | Bruce D. Arthurs | Novelette |
| 109 | The Unshadowed Land | C. J. Cherryh | Short Story |
| 119 | Shimenege's Mask | Charles R. Saunders | Short Story |
| 137 | The Black Tower | Stephen Burns | Short Story |
| 155 | The Lady and the Tiger | Jennifer Roberson | Short Story |
| 172 | Fireweb | Deborah Wheeler | Novelette |
| 200 | Cold Blows the Wind | Charles de Lint | Short Story |
| 214 | Sword of the Mother | Dana Kramer-Rolls | Short Story |
| 226 | Hunger | Russ Garrison | Short Story |
| 236 | On First Looking into Bradley's Guidelines, or Stories I Don't Want to Read Either | Elizabeth Thompson | Poem |
| 239 | The Chosen Maiden | Raul Reyes | Short Story |
| 251 | Red Pearls | Richard Corwin | Short Story |
| 266 | The Wound in the Moon | Vera Nazarian | Novelette |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| Sword and Sorceress II: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy |
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1985 | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | Paperback | Anthology | Ilene Meyer | 287 | |
| Sword and Sorceress II: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy |
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1988 | Headline | Paperback | Anthology | 287 | ||
| Sword and Sorceress II: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy |
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1989 | DAW Books | Paperback | Anthology | Ilene Meyer | 287 |