Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
by David G. Hartwell (Editor), Kathryn Cramer (Editor)
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A compilation of thirty-eight unique tales of magic and fantasy by such authors as William Morris, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mark Twain. "Green Is the Color", John M. Ford/"Wooden Tony", Lucy Clifford/"Lest Levitation Come Upon Us", Suzette Haden Elgin/"Prince Bull", Charles Dickens/"The Trumph of Vice", W.S. Gilbert/"Turandiana", Fyodor Sologub/"The Princess and the Frog", Robin McKinley/"Darkness Box", Ursula K. Le Guin/"Jack and the Beanstalk", Osbert Sitwell/"Peter Pan", "The Thrush's show more Nest", "Lock-out Time", J.M. Barrie/"The Mouse Festival", Johannes Bobrowski, translated by Kathryn Cramer/"A Proper Santa Claus", Anne McCaffrey/"Inside Out", Rudy Rucker/"The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime", Mark Twain/"The Woman Who Thought She Could Read", Avram Davidson/"The Third Level", Jack Finney/"The Griffin and the Minor Canon", Frank R. Stockton/"The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles", Margaret St. Clair/"The Dragons", Murilo Rubiao/"On the Downhill Side", Harlan Ellison/"The Parrot", Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated by Ruth Whitman/"The Gray Wolf", George MacDonald/"The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath", Patricia A. McKillip/"The Last of the Dragons", Edith Nesbit/"Lila the Werewolf", Peter S. Beagle/"The Drowned Giant", J.G. Ballard/"The Enchanted Buffalo", L. Frank Baum/"Norrow Valley", R.A. Lafferty/"Beyond the Dead Reef", James Tiptree, Jr./"The King's Bride", E.T.A. Hoffmann, translated by Michael Bullock/"Under the Garden", Graham Green/"The Things That Are Gods", John Brunner/"The King of Nodland and His Dwarf", Fitz-James O'Brien/"The Seven Virgins", "The Bagful of Dreams", Jack Vance/"The Hollow Land", William Morris. show lessTags
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To be honest - I don't like fantasy all that much. This book probably deserves more than three stars, as I'm sure all the stories are excellent.
The only reason I own this book is for the short story "Darkness Box" by Ursula K. Le Guin. It's one of the most perfectly crafted short form stories ever written!
The only reason I own this book is for the short story "Darkness Box" by Ursula K. Le Guin. It's one of the most perfectly crafted short form stories ever written!
This is a great, solid collection of short stories, the kind of thing worthy of a long afternoon and a cup of tea.
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- Original publication date
- 1989
- Dedication
- To Alison and Geoffrey
- First words
- Introduction: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder offers the range and diversity of fantasy fiction, a gathering of strongly individual stories by varied talented masters.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And before us lay a great space of flowers.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 808.83 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Collections of fiction
- LCC
- PN6120.95 .F25 .M3 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Fiction
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.75)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 7
