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The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various fantasy authors, originally published in the years 1975 and 1976 that were deemed by the editor the best from the period represented, together with an introductory survey of the year in fantasy, an essay on the year's best fantasy
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1375:Swords!
1108:Kesrick
669:Thongor
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660:(1982)
652:(1981)
644:(1981)
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628:(1979)
609:(1987)
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37:Author
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371:Works
313:Notes
122:Pages
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