![]() ![]() Most of the stories are serious, often evoking very strong and complex emotional reactions and making you think a few are rife with situational humor. ![]() Three of the contributors are males.īesides the fact that they’re all swords-and-sorcery tales with female protagonists (warriors, sorceresses, a thief, etc.), the other common denominator of the collection is quality. ![]() Hamilton), and less known writers, some like Margaret Howes making their first sale of a story here. There’s a good mix here of established writers like Mercedes Lackey and Josepha Sherman (and some who would go on –this was published in 1991– to be much bigger names, such as Laurell K. Campbell in the heyday of Astounding Stories, the late Bradley had her “stable” of writers who contributed frequently to her Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and to this and other long-running and one-time anthologies she edited, and whose careers she in many cases launched several of them authored stories for this book. Paxson and Jennifer Roberson, are also represented here. ![]() Virtually all of the general comments in my review of the first book apply here as well, and two of the contributors to that volume, Diana L. This was the second book of the series that I read (they stand alone, and can be enjoyed in any order). This anthology of 22 original stories is one installment of editor Bradley’s long-running series of Sword and Sorceress collections, the first of which appeared in 1984. ![]()
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