An edition of Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
(1989)
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, John M. Ford, Suzette Haden Elgin, Robin McKinley, Ursula K. Le Guin, Osbert Stiwell, Johannes Bobrowski, Anne McCaffrey, Rudy Rucker, Avram Davidson, Jack Finney, Margaret St. Clair, Murilo Rbiao, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Patricia A. McKillip, Peter Beagle, J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, James Tiptree, Jr., E. T. A. Hoffmann, Graham Greene, John Brunner, and Jack Vance
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A compilation of thirty-eight unique tales of magic and fantasy by such authors as William Morris, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mark Twain.
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Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
September 1993, Longmeadow Press
Hardcover
in English
- Bonded Lth edition
0681417390 9780681417397
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MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY AND WONDER-38 OF THE BEST SHORT STORY FANTASY FICTION
1989-01-01, Doubleday Book & Music Club
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Table of Contents
Rule of names / Ursula K. Le Guin
Magic fishbone / Charles Dickens
Goddess on the street corner / Margaret St. Clair
Feathertop: a moralized lesson / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Root and the ring / Wyman Guin
Green magician / L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt
Our fair city / Robert A. Heinlein
Man who could not see devils / Joanna Russ
Hieroglyphic tales: New Arabian night's entertainment ; King and his three daughters ; Dice-box, a fairy tale ; Peach in brandy, a Milesian tale ; True love story ; Bird's nest / Horace Walpole
Birds of prey / John Collier
Detective of dreams / Gene Wolfe
Bee-man of Orn / Frank R. Stockton
Red hawk / Elizabeth A. Lynn
Canvasser's tale / Mark Twain
Silken-swift / Theodore Sturgeon
New mother / Lucy Clifford
Mr. Lupescu / Anthony Boucher
King of the cats / Stephen Vincent Benet
Uncle Einar / Ray Bradbury
Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber
Great is Diana / Avram Davidson
Last of the huggermuggers: a giant story / Christopher P. Cranch
Tobermory / Saki
King of the elves / Philip K. Dick
American fairy tales: Glass dog ; Queen of Quok ; Magic bonbons ; Dummy that lived / L. Frank Baum
Tale of the dragons and dreamers / Samuel R. Delany
(from) Phantasmion / Sara Coleridge
Tales: Sapphire necklace ; Regent of the north ; Eyeless dragons: a Chinese story / Kenneth Morris
Elric at the end of time / Michael Moorcock
Lindenborg pool / William Morris
Moon pool / A. Merritt
Sword of Welleran / Lord Dunsany
Operation Afreet / Poul Anderson.
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Jacket by Thomas Canty.
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A rich & varied collection of the best short fantasy fiction of the last two centuries. Escape into the fantastic worlds of Charles Dickens, J.M. Barrie, Graham Greene, Harlan Ellison, and others found in these 38 magical tales.
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