Modern Classics of Fantasy
Author: | Gardner Dozois |
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St. Martin's Press, 1997 |
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Synopsis
This wonderful collection celebrates fantasy's heydey with 33 masterpieces of short fiction, ranging from 1940s stories by L. Sprague de Camp, H. L. Gold, Fritz Leiber, and Manly Wade Wellman to more recent tales by such towering modern talents as Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, James P. Blaylock, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Crowley, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Michael Swanwick, JaneYolen, and Roger Zelazny.
Just as Gardner Dozois's anthology Modern Classics of Science Fiction (SMP, 1992) has helped new generations of readers and old fans discover the genre's finest short stories, so too shall this volume allow readers to find in one volume more than two dozen masterworks of fantasy.
Contents:
- Preface - (1997) - essay by Gardner Dozois
- Walk Like a Mountain - (1955) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
- Scylla's Daughter - (1961) - novella by Fritz Leiber
- Paper Dragons - (1985) - novelette by James P. Blaylock
- The Golem - (1955) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
- Flowers of Edo - (1987) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
- Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
- The Changeling's Tale - (1994) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
- Missolonghi 1824 - (1990) - shortstory by John Crowley
- Blunderbore - (1990) - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
- Into Gold - (1986) - novelette by Tanith Lee
- Space-Time for Springers - (1958) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
- Beauty and the Opéra or The Phanton Beast - (1996) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
- The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule - [Griaule] - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
- A Cabin on the Coast - (1984) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
- The Sleep of Trees - (1980) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
- Trouble with Water - (1939) - shortstory by H. L. Gold
- The Gnarly Man - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
- Death and the Executioner - (1967) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
- The Manor of Roses - (1966) - novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
- The Overworld - (1965) - novelette by Jack Vance
- Extempore - (1956) - shortstory by Damon Knight
- God's Hooks! - (1982) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
- Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Tale of Hauk - (1977) - novelette by Poul Anderson
- A Gift of the People - (1988) - shortstory by Robert Sampson
- Configuration of the North Shore - (1969) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
- Two Sadnesses - (1973) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
- Manatee Gal, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1977) - novelette by Avram Davidson
- The Signaller - (1966) - novelette by Keith Roberts
- The Troll - (1935) - shortstory by T. H. White
- Death and the Lady - (1992) - novelette by Judith Tarr
- Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros - (1995) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
- Recommended Reading - essay by Gardner Dozois
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