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A collection of magic and mayhem from fantasy writers.Tags
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I'm sorely tempted to give this 2-stars, i can't quite to be fair but it is tempting. There's really only about half-a-dozen really good stories in this anthology almost all the rest are ok, no stinkers but mostly just ok.
I read this entire thing before and rereading, only 2 tales seemed familiar.
Also its not funny... i mean i would classify most of it as mildly satirical at best. A lot of stories are pretty dated too.
Overall... blech.. i'd only recommend it as a historical document. You might well find some unknown authors here that you want to look up afterward, if you liked their style but i don't think this is anyone's best work.
I read this entire thing before and rereading, only 2 tales seemed familiar.
Also its not funny... i mean i would classify most of it as mildly satirical at best. A lot of stories are pretty dated too.
Overall... blech.. i'd only recommend it as a historical document. You might well find some unknown authors here that you want to look up afterward, if you liked their style but i don't think this is anyone's best work.
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Mike Ashley has specialized in the history of science fiction and fantasy for more than 30 years. He is the author and editor of over a hundred books that in total have sold over a million copies worldwide.
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Mammoth Books (Mammoth Books 186)
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- Canonical title
- The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy
- Alternate titles
- The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II
- Disambiguation notice
- Ashley's "Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II" and his "Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy" seem to have the same contents.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 823.0876608 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Fantasy fiction Collections
- LCC
- PR1309 .F3 .M364 — Language and Literature English English Literature Collections of English literature
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.66)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
