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(3.05) | 1 | Mike Ashley is back with an all-new edition of one of the bestselling Mammoth Books ever, from the funniest writers in the field, including Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, and Terry Jones. The thirty- five off-the-wall comic fantasies featured in Ashley's new collection are a mix of specially written stories and hard-to-find gems: a computer salesman in fairyland, a vampire football match, a psychotic Father Christmas, and a wizard allergic to magic. Ashley expertly turns fantasy and horror fiction on its head and magic into mayhem. This is huge fun for all comic fantasy fans.… (more) |
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 Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 1 mention » Add other authors | Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | | Ashley, Mike | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | | Anderson, Gail-Nina | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Anderson, Poul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Appleton, Everard Jack | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Armstrong, Anthony | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Ballantyne, Tony | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Bangs, John Kendrick | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Bibby, James | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Broderick, Damien | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Brown, Molly | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Di Filippo, Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Dickson, Gordon R. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Friesner, Esther | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Gaiman, Neil | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Gardner, Craig Shaw | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Gerencer, Tom | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Goulart, Ron | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Holt, Tom | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Hughes, Rhys | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Jennings, Gary | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Langford, David | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Long, Laird | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Loy, Robert | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Morressy, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Pirie, Steven | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Redwood, Steve | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Richardson, Maurice | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Roberts, Adam | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Rollins, Grey | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Sheckley, Robert | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Stockton, Frank R. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Todd, Marilyn | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Ward, Cynthia | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Heller, Julek | Cover artist | secondary author | some editions | confirmed |
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None ▾Book descriptions Mike Ashley is back with an all-new edition of one of the bestselling Mammoth Books ever, from the funniest writers in the field, including Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, and Terry Jones. The thirty- five off-the-wall comic fantasies featured in Ashley's new collection are a mix of specially written stories and hard-to-find gems: a computer salesman in fairyland, a vampire football match, a psychotic Father Christmas, and a wizard allergic to magic. Ashley expertly turns fantasy and horror fiction on its head and magic into mayhem. This is huge fun for all comic fantasy fans. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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- The Wonders To Behold, by Mike Ashley
- Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire, by Neil Gaiman
- The Blue Magnolia, by Tony Ballantyne
- Colquitt's High-Energy Trousers, by Steven Pirie
- A Drama of Dragons, by Craig Shaw Gardner
- Pest Control, by Adam Roberts
- Wrong Planet, by Tom Holt
- Return of the Warrior, by Laird Long
- Christmas Games, by David Langford
- Stephen Skarridge's Christmas, by Frank R. Stockton
- Sing a Song of Sixpence, by Robert Loy
- The Kaluza-Klein Caper, by Damien Broderick
- Shoes, by Robert Sheckley
- The Day We Played Mars, by Maurice Richardson
- Fowl Play, by Steve Redwood
- The Deaths of Robin Hood, by Rhys Hughes
- Bad Timing, by Molly Brown
- Sweet, Savage Sorcerer, by Esther Friesner
- The Power and the Gory, by James Bibby
- The Strange Affair of Mr Corpusty, by Anthony Armstrong
- The Great Wish Syndicate, by John Kendrick Bangs
- Fractal Paisleys, by Paul Di Filippo
- Almost Heaven, by Tom Gerencer
- A Rude Awakening, by Gail-Nina Anderson
- Spoiled Rotten, by Grey Rollins
- The Birth of A.I., by Cynthia Ward
- Stakes and Adders, by Marilyn Todd
- The Sea Serpent Syndicate, by Everard Jack Appleton
- Yo Ho Hoka!, by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson
- The Mirrors of Moggropple, by John Morressy
- I Married a Robot, by Ron Goulart
- Mrs Wilson and the Black Arts of Mrs Beelzebub From Number Six, by Steven Pirie
- Sooner or Later or Never Never, by Gary Jennings
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