The Book of Swords. Gardner Dozois

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      THE BOOK OF SWORDS

      EDITED BY

      GARDNER DOZOIS

       Copyright

      HarperVoyager

      an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2017

      Copyright © 2017 by Gardner Dozois

      Introduction © 2017 by Gardner Dozois

       Individual story copyrights appear here

      Cover design by Mike Topping © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017

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      The author of each individual story asserts their moral rights, including the right to be identified as the author of their work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      These stories are entirely works of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the authors’ imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008274658

      Ebook Edition © September 2017 ISBN: 9780008274672

      Version: 2017-09-20

      “The Best Man Wins” by K. J. Parker. Copyright © 2017 by Tom Holt (K. J. Parker).

      “Her Father’s Sword” by Robin Hobb. Copyright © 2017 by Robin Hobb (Megan Lindholm).

      “The Hidden Girl” by Ken Liu. Copyright © 2017 by Ken Liu.

      “The Sword of Destiny” by Matthew Hughes. Copyright © 2017 by Matthew Hughes.

      “ ‘I Am a Handsome Man,’ Said Apollo Crow” by Kate Elliott. Copyright © 2017 by Alis Rasmussen (Kate Elliott).

      “The Triumph of Virtue” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 2017 by Walter Jon Williams.

      “The Mocking Tower” by Daniel Abraham. Copyright © 2017 by Daniel Abraham.

      “Hrunting” by C. J. Cherryh. Copyright © 2017 by C. J. Cherryh.

      “A Long, Cold Trail” by Garth Nix. Copyright © 2017 by Garth Nix.

      “When I Was a Highwayman” by Ellen Kushner. Copyright © 2017 by Ellen Kushner.

      “The Smoke of Gold Is Glory” by Scott Lynch. Copyright © 2017 by Scott Lynch.

      “The Colgrid Connundrum” by Rich Larson. Copyright © 2017 by Rich Larson.

      “The King’s Evil” by Elizabeth Bear. Copyright © 2017 by Sarah Wishnevsky (Elizabeth Bear).

      “Waterfalling” by Lavie Tidhar. Copyright © 2017 by Lavie Tidhar.

      “The Sword Tyraste” by Cecelia Holland. Copyright © 2017 by Cecelia Holland.

      “The Sons of the Dragon” by George R.R. Martin. Copyright © 2017 by George R.R. Martin.

       Dedication

       For George R.R. Martin, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance,

       Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, L. Sprague de Camp,

       Roger Zelazny, and all the other authors who ever wielded an

       imaginary sword, and for Kay McCauley, Anne Groell, and

      Sean Swanwick, for helping me bring this to you.

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Copyright Acknowledgements

       Dedication

       Introduction by Gardner Dozois

       The Best Man Wins

       Her Father’s Sword

       The Hidden Girl

       The Sword of Destiny

      

       “I Am a Handsome Man,” Said Apollo Crow

      

       The Triumph of Virtue

      

       The Mocking Tower

      

       Hrunting

      

       A Long, Cold Trail


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