| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 415 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"The Very Best of Tad Williams collects Williams' finest work in multiple genres, including epic fantasy, urban fantasy, and YA. These superlative tales, many of which were previously available only in limited editions, introduce dragons, wizards, assassins, heroes, and fools--even a few cyberpunks."--Amazon website. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The old scale game -- The storm door -- The stranger's hands -- Child of an ancient city -- The boy detective of Oz: an Otherland story -- Three duets for virgin and nosehorn -- Not with a whimper, either -- Some thoughts re: dark destructor -- Z is for ... -- Monsieur Vergalant's canard -- The stuff that dreams are made of -- A fish between three friends -- Every fuzzy beast of the earth, every pink fowl of the air -- A stark and wormy knight -- Omnitron, what ho! -- Black sunshine -- And ministers of grace. |
| Subject |
Monsters -- Fiction.
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Dragons -- Fiction.
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Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Science fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9781616961374 (paperback) $15.95 |
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1616961376 (paperback) $15.95 |
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