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In this exciting canonic volume, Peter S. Beagle introduces the Secret History of Fantasy, which began as epic sword-and-sorcery fantasy became popular. Gifted writers rediscovered older fantasy classics and redefined the genre in their own unique voices. Contributors include Gregory Maguire, Francesca Lia Block, Patricia McKillip, Neil Gaiman, and more.
All of the finest stories of this popular pioneer of urban fantasy and creator of the mythical city of Newford have been chosen by the author — and his fans — and gathered in this extraordinary collection. These are retold fairy tales and new modern myths that redefine the boundaries of magic, which might be found in a heroic, selfless act or sitting a table away at your local cafe.
"An outstanding and widely varied collection of 29 tales... Longtime fans and newcomers alike will fall in love with de Lint's graceful, poetic language and characters."
-Publishers Weekly
"The Very Best of Charles de Lint truly is Charles de Lint at his very best."
-FantasyLiterature.com
"To read de Lint is to fall under the spell of a master storyteller, to be reminded of the greatness of life, of the beauty and majesty lurking in shadows and empty doorways."
–Quill & Quire
Compared by critics to Borges, Nabokov, and Kafka, an inventive contemporary fantasist continues to amaze with this surreal, innovative, and absurdist gathering of award-winning short fiction. Exotic beasts and improbable travelers roam restlessly through Jeff Vandermeer's darkly diverting and finely-honed tales
"VanderMeer proves again why he is so essential and why everybody should be reading him."
—Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"One of our very best contemporary practitioners of the fantastic...superb prose, overwhelmingly odd situations, and fascinating, eccentric characters."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
A perfect gift book, this sumptuously illustrated and whimsically bite-sized bestiary is the definitive – in fact only - guide to the kosherness (kashrut) of imaginary animals. It is an undomesticated romp from A to Z, including E. T., hobbits, Mongolian Death Worms, and the elusive chupacabra.
"This slim and silly volume is the ideal gift for anyone who has tried to make a saving throw vs. petrification using a dreidel."
-io9.com
"Witty."
-Jewish Humor Central
"Amusement, amazement and culinary benefit"
-The Agony Column
This sophisticated, scary anthology collects the best horror fiction published during 1984 and 2005, one of horror's most prolific eras. These exceptionally diverse stories, hand-picked by horror expert editor Ellen Datlow, are tales of the subtly psychological, the unpredictably mischievous, and the disturbingly visceral.
"An anthology to be cherished and an invaluable reference for horror aficionados."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
Godzilla's in a twelve-step program. A soul-sucking Mummy stalks Elvis and John F. Kennedy. Joe Bob Briggs has a moral dilemma: If your girlfriend turns zombie on you, what do you do? And that's the tame stuff. Joe R. Lansdale, the high priest of Texan weirdness, will shock, amuse, and offend you as only he can.
"An immense talent."
—Booklist
Booklife is the first book that addresses the new challenges facing 21st-century writers: balancing self promotion with the craft of writing. It covers both online opportunities such as blogging, social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, as well practical and creative aspects of writing. Web and publishing expert Jeff VanderMeer uses twenty-five years of experience to help you get a Booklife now.
"Jeff VanderMeer has written a fascinating book on managing a writing career.... Recommended for anyone who writes, wants to write, or has written and now wonders what to do next."
—Nancy Kress, author of the bestseller Write Great Fiction
It is 1945. Inspired by the U.S. Army’s intention to build an atomic bomb, the Navy plans its own dramatic ending to World War II, the Knickerbocker Project. The goal is to produce the ultimate biological weapon – giant Godzilla-esque fire-breathing iguanas with a penchant for total destruction. Is Syms Thorley, B-movie star, ready to don a rubber monster-suit for the good of his country?
"Preposterous but somehow almost plausible, skillfully mingling real and imaginary characters with genuinely hilarious moments."
-Kirkus
"James Morrow deftly combines humor, pathos, rubber-suited monsters and the absurdity and horrors of war into a compact novel that elicits laughter and tears in equal measure."
-Green Man Review
The secret is out. Exploring an alternate history of science fiction, this ingenious anthology showcases eighteen brilliant authors - including Don DeLillo, Margaret Atwood, T. C. Boyle, Connie Willis, Michael Chabon, and more - who are leading the way to a new literature of the future. These award-winning stories defy trends, cross genres, and prove great fiction cannot be categorized.
Peter S. Beagle / Alfred Bester / Terry Bisson / Ray Bradbury / Ted Chiang / Philip K. Dick/ Harlan Ellison / Jeffrey Ford / Karen Joy Fowler / Neil Gaiman / Shirley Jackson / John Kessel / Daniel Keyes / Stephen King / Damon Knight / Ursula K. Le Guin / M. Rickert / Theodore Sturgeon / Michael Swanwick / William Tenn / James Tiptree, Jr. / Kurt Vonnegut / Roger Zelazny
Collecting more than two dozen stories that originally appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction—the premiere speculative fiction magazine—this extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction.
"For sheer reading pleasure, this anthology is unparalleled."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Still the gold standard for short fiction in America."
-Stephen King
"A landmark anthology."
-The Guardian
Over a century ago, a brilliant inventor built a splendid Victorian resort, the Grand Wenlocke. The hotel was powered by a Difference Engine, a miraculous device that could slow down time (making your vacation just as long as you’d like). But just before it was scheduled to open, the Grand Wenlocke mysteriously sank under the sand. Now the storm that brought nine-year-old Emma to the island has awakened the hotel, perfectly preserved and as incredible as ever.
"Baker's first book for younger readers is a delight."
-Denver Post
"Wow! I read The Hotel Under the Sand with delight and joy. It's wonderful, wacky and spooky and serious and FUN."
-Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle
"There are few books that I immediately want to press into the hands of other readers the instant I turn the last page. My copy of Hotel will be one that I hand to my daughter in a few years."
-Locus
These exceptional stories range effortlessly from the genre tales that continue to define fantasy to the author's critically-acclaimed mainstream works. Classic offerings include the Nebula award-winning novella "Behold the Man," which introduces a time traveler and unlikely messiah that H.G. Wells never imagined, the trilogy "My Experiences in the Third World War," where a Russian agent in an alternate Cambodia is powerless to prevent an inevitable march toward nuclear disaster, and "A Portrait in Ivory," a Meliboné story of troubled anti-hero Elric and his soul-stealing sword, Stormbringer.
"Moorcock's writing is top-notch."
-Publishers Weekly
"Moorcock’s writing is intricate, fabulous, and mellifluous."
—Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen
"The greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy."
—Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
This sharp, modern tribute to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 begins in 2041, after an obesity epidemic almost bankrupts California. Government-sanctioned vigilantes are destroying fattening food products, and a powerful nutraceutical company has the monopoly on dietetically enforced thinness. But as a wasting plague begins to spread, only an ex-liposuctionist can ensure humanity’s survival by saving his family heirloom: the mortal remains of Elvis Presley.
"As a whee of a chase thriller ensues, Fox unveils more all-too-plausible bit of the future and has us laughing instead of crying."
-Booklist, starred review
These ten luminous stories, including the newly rediscovered classic, "The Unicorn Tapestries," collect the most recently published and new works from the author of The Last Unicorn and A Fine & Private Place. These compelling tales are modern parables of love, death, and transformation that are shadowed lightly with melancholy.
"Peter [Beagle] is one of those writers who just seems to be getting better and better, and his short stories are delights."
-Neil Gaiman
"Peter S. Beagle [has] rejoined the main flow of literature with a vengeance...his work is marvelous."
-Green Man Review
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