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80th out of 158 books
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection (The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #13 year 2000)
by
Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) ,
Elizabeth Engstrom (Goodreads Author) , Kelly Link, N. Scott Momaday, Delia Sherman, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Patricia A. McKillip, Beckian Fritz Goldberg
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For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stor
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Paperback, 640 pages
Published
August 19th 2000
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2000)
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Out of this remarkable collection, I would have to say the best stories are:
Darkrose and Diamond, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Chop Girl, Ian R. MacLeod - The most touching story in this anthology
The Girl Detective, Kelly Link - Always quirky in her prose, Link always delivers something I've never seen before.
The Transformation, N. Scott Momaday
Harlequin Valentine, Neil Gaiman
You Don't Have to be Mad . . .Kim Newman
The Anatomy of a Mermaid Mary Sharratt
The Grammarian's Five Daughters Eleanor Arnason
The...more
Darkrose and Diamond, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Chop Girl, Ian R. MacLeod - The most touching story in this anthology
The Girl Detective, Kelly Link - Always quirky in her prose, Link always delivers something I've never seen before.
The Transformation, N. Scott Momaday
Harlequin Valentine, Neil Gaiman
You Don't Have to be Mad . . .Kim Newman
The Anatomy of a Mermaid Mary Sharratt
The Grammarian's Five Daughters Eleanor Arnason
The...more
May 16, 2008
Oscar
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
All imaginative fiction lovers
Recommended to Oscar by:
Endicott Studio
This is the first of this anthology series that I've read, but it was a very refreshing and entertaining look at the world of imaginative fiction. I'm definitely going to keep my eye out for the other instalments.
After reading a collection of short stories and poems like this, you realise how horribly dull the mainstream fantasy/horror market can be, compared to what is written by authors operating in the periphery. This truly is the *best* in Fantasy and Horror, or at least, it is certainly muc...more
After reading a collection of short stories and poems like this, you realise how horribly dull the mainstream fantasy/horror market can be, compared to what is written by authors operating in the periphery. This truly is the *best* in Fantasy and Horror, or at least, it is certainly muc...more
Something for lovers of any subgenre of fantasy and sci-fi.
Exactly what the title says.
"It fell as gracefully as a falling world."
"It's a sound. Like silk ripping. Cerise."
"I don't want a silent shining path of gold. I need the imperfect world broken up into words"
- Patricia McKillip "Harrowing the Dragon"
"It's a sound. Like silk ripping. Cerise."
"I don't want a silent shining path of gold. I need the imperfect world broken up into words"
- Patricia McKillip "Harrowing the Dragon"
Aug 22, 2008
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Ellen Datlow has been an award-winning editor of short science fiction, fantasy, and horror for over twentyfive years.
She is editor of the Best Horror of the Year and has edited or co-edited a large number of award-winning original anthologies. Her most recent are Supernatural Noir, Naked City, Blood and Other Cravings, The Beastly Bride, Teeth, Trolls Eye View, and After (the last three with Ter...more
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She is editor of the Best Horror of the Year and has edited or co-edited a large number of award-winning original anthologies. Her most recent are Supernatural Noir, Naked City, Blood and Other Cravings, The Beastly Bride, Teeth, Trolls Eye View, and After (the last three with Ter...more
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