The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype

by Shelley Dutton Berry (Editor)

Other authors: Yoshitaka Amano (Cover artist), Sharon Baker (Contributor), Greg Bear (Contributor), Ginjer Buchanan (Contributor), Avram Davidson (Contributor) — 20 more, Kris Demien (Contributor), Robert J Doyle (Preface), MJ Engh (Contributor), Alex Fleischer (Contributor), Karen Joy Fowler (Contributor), Kiyoshi Imaoka (Contributor), Jerry Kaufman (Contributor), Joe R. Lansdale (Contributor), Ursula K Le Guin (Contributor), Robert R. McCammon (Contributor), Vonda N. McIntyre (Contributor), DL Notkin (Contributor), Tomoko Oshiro (Contributor), Terry Pratchett (Contributor), Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Contributor), SP Somtow (Contributor), Bruce Taylor (Contributor), Suzanne Tompkins (Contributor), Gene Van Troyer (Contributor), Gene Wolfe (Contributor)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Berry, Shelley Dutton	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Amano, Yoshitaka	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baker, Sharon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bear, Greg	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Buchanan, Ginjer	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davidson, Avram	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Demien, Kris	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Doyle, Robert J	Preface	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Engh, MJ	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fleischer, Alex	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fowler, Karen Joy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Imaoka, Kiyoshi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kaufman, Jerry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lansdale, Joe R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McCammon, Robert R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McIntyre, Vonda N.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Notkin, DL	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Oshiro, Tomoko	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Salmonson, Jessica Amanda	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Somtow, SP	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Taylor, Bruce	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tompkins, Suzanne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Van Troyer, Gene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolfe, Gene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Faithful Companion at Forty [short story] by Karen Joy Fowler

Lottery Night [short fiction] by S. P. Somtow

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Contains:

Opening Remarks / Ginjer Buchanan
Introduction: Yoshitaka Amano / Kiyoshi Imaoka and Alex Fleischer
Ginjer Buchanan: The Short Version / Suzanne Tompkins with Jerry Kaufman
Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned / Gene Wolfe
Without Apparent Effort, An Introduction to Ursula K. LeGuin / Vonda N. McIntyre
Robert R. McCammon (His Ownself) / Joe R. Lansdale
A.K.A. S.P. Somtow / D.L. Notkin
Joseph Who? / Kris Demien
Or the Grasses Grow / Avram Davidson
Legends for a New Land / Ursula K. LeGuin
Chico / Robert R. McCammon
Lottery Night / S.P. Somtow
Roots / Terry Pratchett
Little Tales of Ho and Naipon / Jessica Amanda Salmonson
The Love Sick Simurgh / M.J. Engh
Visitation / Greg Bear
Fantastic Heroes Now and Then / Sharon Baker
The Story of Urashima Taro / Gene Van Troyer and Tomoko Oshiro
The Faithful Companion at Forty / Karen Joy Fowler
The Master Goes Whacko! / Bruce Taylor