Twenty-eight doses of wonder, including contributions by Naomi Novik, Catherynne M. Valente, Elizabeth Bear, and Jeffrey Ford. From the distant past to the present day, from Antarctica and Mars to worlds that never were, the tales in this book bring news from nowhere-and everywhere. Fantasy is a mode of storytelling, a method of entertainment, a mode of argument, and a way of seeing. Here, presented by two of the most distinguished anthologists of the day, are twenty-eight stories that see, tell, argue, and entertain. Includes contributions from Elizabeth Bear, Peter S. Beagle, Kage Baker, Daryl Gregory, Lisa Goldstein, Al Michaud, Naomi Novik, Catherynne M. Valente, John Brown, Richard Bowes, Kij Johnson, Debra Doyle and James Macdonald, Geoff Ryman, Marc Laidlaw, Liz Williams, James Morrow, Kris Dikeman [as Kristine Dikeman], Randy McCharles, Kage Baker, Richard Parks, Peter S. Beagle, Richard Harland, Howard Waldrop, Delia Sherman, James Stoddard, Stephen Woodworth, Jeffrey Ford, and Kim Wilkins.
Autorentext
David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
Inhalt
Introduction . David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
Shoggoths in Bloom . Elizabeth Bear
The Rabbi's Hobby . Peter S. Beagle
Running the Snake . Kage Baker
The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm . Daryl Gregory
Reader's Guide . Lisa Goldstein
The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. . Al Michaud
Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake . Naomi Novik
A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica . Catherynne M. Valente
From the Clay of His Heart . John Brown
If Angels Fight . Richard Bowes
26 Monkeys and the Abyss . Kij Johnson
Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita . Debra Doyle and James Macdonald
The Film-makers of Mars . Geoff Ryman
Childrun . Marc Laidlaw
Queen of the Sunlit Shore . Liz Williams
Lady Witherspoon's Solution . James Morrow
Dearest Cecily . Kris Dikeman [as Kristine Dikeman ]
Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta . Randy McCharles
Caverns of Mystery . Kage Baker
Skin Deep . Richard Parks
King Pelles the Sure . Peter S. Beagle
A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead . Richard Harland
Avast, Abaft! . Howard Waldrop
Gift from a Spring . Delia Sherman
The First Editions . James Stoddard
The Olverung . Stephen Woodworth
Daltharee . Jeffrey Ford
The Forest . Kim Wilkins