Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
379 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
Tired of the same old fantasy? Here are nineteen much-needed antidotes to clichéd tales of swords and sorcery. Fantasy is back, and it's better than ever! |
Contents |
Introduction / by Peter S. Beagle -- Ancestor money / Maureen F. McHugh -- Scarecrow / Gregory Maguire -- Lady of the skulls / Patricia A. McKillip -- We are Norsemen / T.C. Boyle -- The Barnum Museum / Steven Millhauser -- Mrs. Todd's shortcut / Stephen King -- Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson -- Bones / Francesca Lia Block -- Snow, glass, apples / Neil Gaiman -- Fruit and words / Aimee Bender -- The empire of ice cream / Jeffrey Ford -- The edge of the world / Michael Swanwick -- Super goat man / Jonathan Lethem -- John Uskglass and the cumbrian charcoal burner / Susanna Clarke -- The book of Martha / Octavia E. Butler -- The Vita Æterna Mirror Company / Yann Martel -- Sleight of hand / Peter S. Beagle -- Mythago wood / Robert Holdstock -- 26 monkeys, also the abyss / Kij Johnson - Appendix 1: The critics, the monsters, and the fantasists / Ursula LeGuin -- Appendix 2: The making of the American fantasy genre / David G. Hartwell. |
Subject |
Fantasy fiction, American.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Added Author |
Beagle, Peter S.
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Added Title |
Fantasy |
ISBN |
9781892391995 paperback |
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1892391996 paperback |
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