My main reason for buying this book initially was the new Robert Jordan story "New Spring," which sheds light on certain events in the Wheel of Time series. That it also had stories by some of my other favorite authors, Tad Williams and Anne McCaffrey was a bonus. I didn't read all the stories included (I wasn't interested in the King or Silverberg ones at all), but I found most of them quite enjoyable. Marketing genius here: I started reading the Alvin Maker (Card), Discworld (Pratchett), Riftwar (Feist), and Song of Ice and Fire (Martin) series all because of the stories in this book. Anne McCaffrey's Pern story was a bit disappointing, though. Runners? How come we've never heard of them in the whole Pern series until this story? Of all the stories in this book, my faves were Jordan's and Martin's. "New Spring" tells us of the events right after the birth of Rand al'Thor and features the first meeting of Moiraine and Lan. Great stuff for Wheel of Time fans. Martin's "The Hedge Knight" is set before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire but is a great introduction to the world and sucked me right in but good.