The Book of Swords
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Book of Swords is an upcoming anthology edited by Gardner Dozois for Bantam Books that includes the Robin Hobb short story Her Father's Sword.
Contents
- Introduction by Gardner Dozois
- The Best Man Wins by K. J. Parker
- Her Father's Sword by Robin Hobb
- The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu
- The Sword of Destiny by Matthew Hughes
- "I Am a Handsome Man,” Said Apollo Crow by Kate Elliott
- The Triumph of Virtue by Walter Jon Williams
- The Mocking Tower by Daniel Abraham
- Hrunting by C.J. Cherryh
- A Long, Cold Trail by Garth Nix
- When I Was A Highwayman by Ellen Kushner
- The Smoke of Gold Is Glory by Scott Lynch
- The Colgrid Conundrum by Rich Larson
- The King's Evil by Elizabeth Bear
- Waterfalling by Lavie Tidhar
- The Sword Tyraste by Cecelia Holland
- The Sons of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Editions
- A US hardcover edition from Bantam the 10th of October 2017 with ISBN 9780399593765.
- A UK hardcover edition from HarperCollins the 19th of October 2017 with ISBN 9780008274658.
- A paperback (possibly a trade edition for the AUS/NZ market?) from HarperCollins the 19th of October 2017 with ISBN 9780008274665.
- A split edition paperback release in three volumes is tentatively scheduled for the 19th of April 2018 by HarperCollins UK
- part 1 ISBN 9780008274696
- part 2 ISBN 9780008274702
- part 3 ISBN 9780008274719
- A US kindle edition from Bantam books the 10th of October 2017 with ASIN B01MR6HO7F.
- A UK kindle edition from HarperCollins the 19th of October 2017 ASIN: B073YLVD4T
- An unabridged audio book from HarperCollins the 19th of October. Length: 10 hours and 40 minutes (? could be this will be part 1 of a split edition)
Read by Arthur Morey, John Lee, Katharine McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Steve West, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne (this is still tentative information)
- An unabridged audio edition from Random House Audio the 10th of October 2017 (length 22 Hours and 14 Minutes or 25 hours and 2 minutes depending on source) ISBN 9780525492702
- A US hardcover limited edition from Subterranean Press late 2017/early 2018, designed to match their earlier such edition of "Rogues". The print run consists of 300 numbered copies of the limited edition ($250) and 26 lettered copies ($750), both signed by the authors and the editor. It also features cover art, story heading illustrations for each tale and full-colour plates for the Martin and Lynch stories by Ken Laager.
Covers
Translations
References
- Table of contents as released by G.R.R. Martin
- Jane Johnson corrects the title of the RH story
- Subterranean Press Limited Edition information
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