The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
by Mike Ashley (Editor)
Mammoth Fantasy, Amos Malone (Short Story "Wu-Ling's Folly")
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Brilliant new collection of comic fantasy masterpieces This dazzling new collection of off-the-wall fantasies features stories from the minds of the funniest writers in the field, including Esther Friesner, Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, Paul di Filippo. Adam Roberts and Molly Brown. Here are 35 stories guaranteed to reassure us that the next-door world will be just as mad as this one. It includes a mix of brand-new stories and rare finds or forgotten gems, with a wide range of tales to suit every show more taste in humour. From the missionary plunged into the bizarre initiation rituals of a lost tribe to the bloke who thought magic would help his love life, from a wizard allergic to magic who sneezes his way into chaos to a man who finds his shoes have taken over control of his life, The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy unfalteringly turns fantasy and horror fiction on its head and makes magic into mayhem. A welcome new shot of comic genius in the sphere of fantasy fiction. show lessTags
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A collection of short stories from some of the best comic fantasy writers of this and last century. Mike Ashley introduces each story with a short biography of the writer.
Stand outs are Terry Prachett's Troll Bridge (the Billy Goats Gruff story from the Troll's point of view) and Tom Holt's story of a time travelling pizza delivery shop.
Stand outs are Terry Prachett's Troll Bridge (the Billy Goats Gruff story from the Troll's point of view) and Tom Holt's story of a time travelling pizza delivery shop.
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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 166)
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- Original publication date
- 1998-04-30
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 808.8015 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Literature Collections > Figures of speech
- LCC
- PR1309 .F3 .M36 — Language and Literature English English Literature Collections of English literature
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- Languages
- Bulgarian, Czech, English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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