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96th out of 182 books
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70 voters
Legends of Australian Fantasy
by
Jack Dann (Goodreads Author) ,
Jonathan Strahan (Goodreads Author) , Isobelle Carmody (Goodreads Author) , Trudi Canavan , Garth Nix (Goodreads Author) , Jennifer Fallon , John Birmingham , Ian Irvine (Goodreads Author)
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Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices ... extraordinary worlds.
Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician′s Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly repeating day in the Citadel. Cross the wall, where Charter magic is all that l...more
Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician′s Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly repeating day in the Citadel. Cross the wall, where Charter magic is all that l...more
Paperback, 560 pages
Published
June 1st 2010
by HarperCollins Australia
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I have just read Juliet Marillier's story from this collection, "’Twixt Firelight and Water: A Tale of Sevenwaters". I have previously read all of the novels from her Sevenwaters series, so this short story was a must read. As expected I absolutely loved it!
There are a number of other authors with stories in this collection that I am interested in, so I hope to get back and read the remainder of this book at some point in the future.
There are a number of other authors with stories in this collection that I am interested in, so I hope to get back and read the remainder of this book at some point in the future.
I'm giving it 3 stars because being a collection of stories the quality varies. I borrowed it because it contains a story of Obernewtyn (about Hannah, Cassandra and Evander) which was amazing. The story by D. M. Cornish has made me want to read all the other things he has written, and I really enjoyed the contributions by Garth Nix, Sean Williams, and Jennifer Fallon (I think the later was my favourite after the Obernewtyn one, although it made me realise I never finished the Hythrun Chronicles,...more
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I've read every story that I planned to in this anthology, But I will also take the time to read the others.
Garth Nixs' story was amazing, brilliant. It made use of his very popular Old Kingdom, and yet really had no reference to the other books in his Abhorsen series. This is one of the things that made it so appealing. I am constantly trying to figure out where in the timeline it fits, but it is still atounding.
Juliet Marilliers story was interesting, though I felt it ended to soon. I would li...more
Garth Nixs' story was amazing, brilliant. It made use of his very popular Old Kingdom, and yet really had no reference to the other books in his Abhorsen series. This is one of the things that made it so appealing. I am constantly trying to figure out where in the timeline it fits, but it is still atounding.
Juliet Marilliers story was interesting, though I felt it ended to soon. I would li...more
Note for American readers who want to read this book: it is available through foreign websites, but also through Kobo as an ebook (much cheaper). I got it for under $15 and have been reading it through the Kobo ebook app on my Ipod Touch. For me this is a better solution than buying the physical book, which was not published in the US and is very expensive.
I am going to say I read this even though I am not finished with all the short stories...those I have read have been very enjoyable. I bough...more
I am going to say I read this even though I am not finished with all the short stories...those I have read have been very enjoyable. I bough...more
I only intend to read Trudi Canavan's story: 'The Mad Apprentice'. It is a novella written about Lord Tagin and it tells the story of how Black Magic was banned in the Magicans Guild.
I have read all books from her Kyralia series, so I had to own this story.
But I hate e-reading. And I can't order the book 'cause I'm not Australian. So I'm printing it in a book together with Michael Scott's 'The Death of Joan of Arc'.
I decided to wait reading this until I receive the book I ordered.
The cover I des...more
I have read all books from her Kyralia series, so I had to own this story.
But I hate e-reading. And I can't order the book 'cause I'm not Australian. So I'm printing it in a book together with Michael Scott's 'The Death of Joan of Arc'.
I decided to wait reading this until I receive the book I ordered.
The cover I des...more
A fantastic collection of short stories or novellas. At 560 pages, this tome would be a decently-sized full novel. Add the time it takes to actually get into each story and it took me a lot longer to read than I had anticipated.
That aside, I loved the stories from the authors I knew and also really enjoyed discovering some new authors to add to my lists. If you’re a fan of any of the series mentioned in Legends of Australian Fantasy, I recommend getting your hands on a copy of this book.
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That aside, I loved the stories from the authors I knew and also really enjoyed discovering some new authors to add to my lists. If you’re a fan of any of the series mentioned in Legends of Australian Fantasy, I recommend getting your hands on a copy of this book.
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Garth Nix and Trudi Canavan rock!
This book is excellent - I've bought a few copies to give to friends
This book is excellent - I've bought a few copies to give to friends
Why this doesn't have a better rating, I'll never know. I bought this because a lot of my favourite authors wrote novellas for it, but a lot of authors that I thought that I didn't like, or authors that I wasn't very familiar with are also in here.
I was pleasantly very surprised with all the novellas. All were very interesting and well written, and even those about different worlds that I hadn't previously known about were very enjoyable. It was a great way to be introduced to new authors and ex...more
I was pleasantly very surprised with all the novellas. All were very interesting and well written, and even those about different worlds that I hadn't previously known about were very enjoyable. It was a great way to be introduced to new authors and ex...more
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Jan 21, 2011
Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms)
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who loves Marillier books
Shelves:
short-stories-mostly-read
I bought this book just to get the Juliet Marillier story that is in it. For those 50 or so pages it was worth having it shipped from Australia to Texas! More of her great story-telling where we find out the secret of the raven, Faicha, in the Sevenwaters books. Loved this little treasure in a book where I liked some stories and others not so well. I actually thought it would be a book about fantasy stories of Australia, but it is a collection of short stories by Australian authors. Gorgeous cov...more
The mad apprentice = 4 stars
Overall I enjoyed this collection. The stories range from excellent to 1 or 2 that perhaps IMHO shouldn't have been published. I wasn't familiar with many of the authors' worlds they set their stories in (which is the key proposition of the collection) but this didn't hamper my enjoyment of them. A recommended read and great to see HarperVoyager publishing this type of collection.
I enjoyed most of this book, especially the short story by Juliet Marillier, but some of the other short stories, I found, were not that great... The real problem was that the reader wasn't provided with a context to go with some of them, and I just found myself giving up. But overall excellent book!
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