The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy

by Mike Ashley (Editor)

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A collection of magic and mayhem from fantasy writers.

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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 i'd only recommend it as a historical document.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.

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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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Anderson, Sue (Contributor)
Anspach, Peter (Contributor)
Armstrong, Anthony (Contributor)
Bangs, John Kendrick (Contributor)
Bierce, Ambroce (Contributor)
Brown, Molly (Contributor)
Counihan, Elizabeth (Contributor)
Cullen, Seamus (Contributor)
Davidson, Avram (Contributor)
Davis, Grania (Contributor)
de Camp, L. Sprague (Contributor)
Effinger, George Alec (Contributor)
Ellison, Harlan (Contributor)
Fintushel, Eliot (Contributor)
Foster, Alan Dean (Contributor)
Friesner, Esther M. (Contributor)
Gaiman, Neil (Contributor)
Gardner, Craig Shaw (Contributor)
Gilbert, W. S. (Contributor)
Goulart, Ron (Contributor)
Grant, E. K. (Contributor)
Grant, John (Contributor)
Harrison, Harry (Contributor)
Hogan, James P. (Contributor)
Holt, Tom (Contributor)
Jones, Terry (Contributor)
Langford, David (Contributor)
Mandala, Julia S. (Contributor)
Marshall, Archibald (Contributor)
Morressy, John (Contributor)
Partington, Charles (Contributor)
Schimel, Lawrence (Contributor)
Ward, Cynthia (Contributor)
Waters, Elisabeth (Contributor)
Wolfe, Gene (Contributor)

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Heller, Julek (Cover artist)
Rozycki, Pete (Cover designer)

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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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Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
823.0876608Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fictionBy typeGenre fictionAdventure fictionSpeculative fictionFantasy fictionCollections
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PR1309 .F3 .M364Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureCollections of English literature
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Reviews
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Rating
½ (3.66)
Languages
English
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
4
ASINs
2