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It is a sub-genre
of fantasy and is characterized by its swashbuckling action, its
focus on action and hand-to-hand combat and magic. The term "Sword
and Sorcery" was coined by the science fiction and fantasy
author Fritz Lieber in 1961.) Here is a Wikipedia
article on Swords & Sorcery There are only a handful of masters of the Genre.
The Sword and Sorceress Series
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword And Sorceress XXI (Sword and Sorceress) Here is the first book in the series: Sword and Sorceress: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy Here is a quick amazon link to a list of the books The Sword and Sorceress books at Amazon |
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and Sorcery Movies
- Conan the barbarian 81 Conan the destroyer 84 Willow 88 Legend 85 Ladyhawke 85 The Beastmaster 82 Krull 83 The Sword and The Sorcerer 82 Dungeons and Dragons 2001 Labyrinth 86 The Princess Bride 87 Jason and the Argonauts 63 The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad 58 The Golden Voyage of SInbad 73 Sinbad and the eye of the tiger 77 Merlin 98 Merlin - The Return 99 Dragonheart 96 |
The sword and sorcery novels and stories tended to have female characters that were just window dressing or damsels in distress. In the 1980's and 90's Marion Zimmer Bradley edited a series of anthologies that focused on the female character as the heroine. This series was called the Sword and Sorceress series. the first book was published in 1984. There were 21 books in the series and the book shown here is the 21st. If you want to read a bit more about this series here is a nice 
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