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The Barbarian Swordsmen
Cover of first edition
EditorSean Richards
Cover artistGino D'Achillle
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherStar Books
Publication date
1981
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages172
ISBN978-0-352-30831-3

The Barbarian Swordsmen is an anthology of sword and sorcery stories edited by Peter Haining under the pseudonym of Sean Richards, cover-billed as "the original sword and sorcery adventures." It was first published in paperback by Star Books in 1981.[1]

The book collects eight novelettes and short stories by various early authors of sword and sorcery or pre-sword and sorcery, together with an introduction by the editor and a concluding letter from Robert E. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft of June 1934, recast as an essay.

  1. ^ The Barbarian Swordsmen title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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