false<![CDATA[Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213304550m/1586477.jpg15864773 An enormously rich and varied collection, Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder contains thirty-eight outstanding selections that represent the best short fantasy fiction of the last two centuries.
Among the great classic and contemporary authors featured are Charles Dickens, J. M. Barrie, 'William Morris, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jack Vance, Graham Greene, Peter S. Beagle, and Harlan Ellison, with special inclusion of such stories as Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Parrot" and Mark Twain's "The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" that have never before been printed as "fantasy."
Together they offer a marvelous escape into fantastic worlds of wonder where even ordinary folks can come face to face with supernatural forces and other kinds of magic.
For instance, in this treasure trove of fantasy are:
• "The Third Level" by Jack Finney, in which a young man discovers, while hurrying home from work, an extra level in Grand Central Station, and a whole new way of life.
• "The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath" by Patricia A. McKillip, a science fantasy about an island on another planet where miners search for gold and a great dragon sleeps coiled around the treasure they seek.
• "Lest Levitation Come Upon Us" by Suzette Haden Elgin, a witty tale in which the wife of a prominent lawyer discovers to her dismay that she seems to have become a saint, miracles and all.
As you'll soon discover, many other delights and surprises await you in this exceptional collection of the endlessly fascinating, multifaceted worlds of fantasy and wonder.
David C. HARTWELL is the editor of several fantasy and science fiction anthologies, including Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment, The World Treasure of Science Fiction, and The Dark Descent, and the author of Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction. He has received numerous Hugo nominations as Best Editor.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
"Worlds of Wonder, Worlds of Difference"
ENCHANTMENTS
-Green Is the Color, John Al. Ford Wooden
-Tony, Lucy Clifford
-Lest Levitation Come Upon Us, Suzette Haden Elgin
-Prince Bull, Charles Dickens
-The Triumph of Vice, W. S. Gilbert
-Turandina, Fyodor Sologub
-The Princess and the Frog, Robin McKinley
WONDERS
-Darkness Box, Ursula K. Le Guin
-Jack and the Beanstalk, Osbert Sitwell
-Peter Pan
-The Thrush's Nest
-Lock-out Time, J. M. Barrie
-The Mouse Festival, Johannes Bobrowski, translated by Kathryn Cramer
-A Proper Santa Claus, Anne McCaffrey
-Inside Out, Rudy Rucker
-The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime, Mark Twain
-The Woman Who Thought She Could Read, Avram Davidson
-The Third Level, Jack Finney
CREATURES
-The Griffin and the Minor Canon, Frank R. Stockton
-The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, Margaret St. Clair
-The Dragons, Murilo Rubiao
-On the Downhill Side, Harlan Ellison
-The Parrot, Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated by Ruth Whitman
-The Gray Wolf, George MacDonald
-The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath, Patricia A. McKillip
-The Last of the Dragons, Edith Nesbit
-Lila the Werewolf, Peter S. Beagle
-The Drowned Giant, J. G. Ballard
WORLDS
-The Enchanted Buffalo, L. Frank Baum
-Narrow Valley, R. A. Lafferty
-Beyond the Dead Reef, James Tiptree, Jr.
-The King's Bride, E. T A. Hoffmann, translated by Michael Bullock
-Under the Garden, Graham Greene
ADVENTURES
-The Things That Are Gods, John Brunner
-The King of Nodland and His Dwarf, Fitz-James O'Brien
-The Seventeen Virgins
-The Bagful of Dreams, Jack Vance
-The Hollow Land, William Morris2553291101989Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wondertotal:19|5:2|4:12|3:5|2:0|1:0|197336341falsefalseFri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993Sat Aug 11 19:54:49 -0700 2007Sat Aug 11 20:03:23 -0700 2007
Green Is the Color, Frank R. Stockton's The Griffin and the Minor Canon, and Peter S. Beagle's Lila the Werewolf. These were the reasons I purchased this book, but I was very pleased to find other equally wonderful shorts in this compilation. I like to read good short stories now and ...more...]]>
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