A review by goodbyepuckpie
Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery by Michael Moorcock, Garth Nix, Robert Silverberg, Jonathan Strahan, Scott Lynch, Michael Shea, Glen Cook, C.J. Cherryh, K.J. Parker, Gene Wolfe, Tim Lebbon, Tanith Lee, Caitlín R. Kiernan, James Enge, Lou Anders, Steven Erikson, Joe Abercrombie, Greg Keyes, Bill Willingham

2.0

Grabbed this via Chris, and I essentially have to concurr with her review. The Scott Lynch story about student magician/librarians was EXCELLENT and I enjoyed it a whole lot, and I also really enjoyed the Tanith Lee story (although it felt like an excerpt from a story that should have been a lot longer), but overall, wow, did NOT like this anthology much at all. The quality wasn't as high as I would've expected from some of those names, there was far too much torture porn and/or non-consensual sex, and frankly, there were at least three stores where I got about two pages in and then tapped out, skipping on to the next story. Which I don't usually do. Essentially I'd say get this from the library, if at all. And also, I should find some other Scott Lynch.