![]() “It is a monstrous, painful embarrassment. “I was never sent one copy of #5, much less a box full so I could send every contributor the four copies I have made standard… While perusing the letters column, I discovered a missive from Offutt venting his frustrations with Zebra Books, who had just published the fifth volume of Swords Against Darkness. I recently came across a copy of the fanzine Space and Time #56 (dated July 1980) which might provide a clue. The question remains, why didn’t the series go on longer? The contents hold up well today, which is no surprise, considering talents like Poul Anderson, Tanith Lee, Manly Wade Wellman, and Ramsey Campbell contributed original fiction to Swords A.D. ![]() Offutt produced five volumes of the series. ![]() Coming at the end of the S&S boom in the late ‘70s, in only three short years editor Andrew J. If you ask sword-and-sorcery fans what their favorite anthology series is, the answer you’re most likely to get is Swords Against Darkness. ![]()
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