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Sword And Sorceress SeriesThe Sword and Sorceress series is a series of fantasy anthologies edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthology to redress the lack of strong female protagonists in the sub-genre of sword and sorcery. At the time, most female characters in sword and sorcery were little more than stock damsels in distress, or pawns who were distributed at the conclusion of the story as "bad-conduct prizes" (MZB's term) for the male protagonists. Many of the early sword-and-sorcery works featured attitudes toward women that Bradley considered appalling. Although Bradley had some difficulty filling the first few volumes of the Sword and Sorceress series, as they grew in popularity with readers, she began to receive increasing numbers of excellent submissions. As a result, she had to become more selective, and to shorten her reading periods accordingly. For the eighteenth volume, which she was editing at the time of her death, she made reading by invitation only. After her death, it was decided to take as many as possible of the stories she had tentatively chosen and publish them in three annual volumes, thus extending the series. After volume twenty was published, the publisher decided to extend an invitation for an additional volume under Diana L. Paxson, an editor who had worked with Bradley, with the possibility of additional volumes being published if it became a success. The Sword and Sorceress series is noteworthy not only for its introduction of strong female protagonists into a sub-genre previously dominated by male characters, but for its financial success. Unlike most anthologies of original fantasy short fiction, they routinely earned out their advances and continued to pay their authors royalties for years afterward, often on foreign sales. In addition, many authors who made their first professional sales in the Sword and Sorceress anthologies subsequently enjoyed successful careers as novelists. The Books Sword And Sorceress I Published in 1984 (ISBN 0-88677-359-8) Sword And Sorceress II Published in 1985 (ISBN 0-88677-041-6), reissued 1989 (ISBN 0-88677-360-1) Sword And Sorceress III Published in 1986 (ISBN 0886773024) - Novelettes
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Sword and Sorceress IV Published in 1987 (ISBN 0-88677-210-9), reissued 1989 (ISBN 0-88677-412-8) Sword And Sorceress V Published in 1988 (ISBN 0-88677-288-5) - Short Fiction
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Sword And Sorceress VI Published in 1990 (ISBN 0886774233) - Short Stories
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Sword And Sorceress VII Published in 1990 (ISBN 0-88677-457-8) - Short Stories
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Sword And Sorceress VIII Published in 1991 (ISBN 0-88677-486-1) - Short Stories
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Sword and Sorceress IX Published in 1992 (ISBN 0-88677-509-4) Sword And Sorceress X Published in 1993 (ISBN 0-88677-552-3) Sword And Sorceress XI Published in 1994 (ISBN 0-88677-614-7) Sword And Sorceress XII Published in 1995 (ISBN 0-88677-657-0) Sword And Sorceress XIII Published in 1996 (ISBN 0-88677-703-8) Sword And Sorceress XIV Published in 1997 (ISBN 0-88677-741-0) Sword And Sorceress XV Published in 1998 (ISBN 0-88677-768-2) Sword And Sorceress XVI Published in 1999 (ISBN 0-88677-843-3) Sword And Sorceress XVII Published in 2000 (ISBN 0-88677-891-3) Sword And Sorceress XVIII Published in 2001 (ISBN 0-88677-996-0) Sword And Sorceress XIX Published in 2002 (ISBN 075640049X) Sword and Sorceress XX Published in 2003 (ISBN 0756401429) Sword and Sorceress XXI Published in 2004 (ISBN 075640195X). Edited by Diana L. Paxson. External links
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