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13 Short Fantasy Novels
This anthology contains: Red Nails by Robert E. Howard; Storm in a Bottle by John Jakes; Spider Silk by Andre Norton; Guyal of Sfere by Jack Vance; Tower of Ice by Roger Zelazny; Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas; Black Heart and White Heart by H. Rider Haggard; Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber; The Lands Beyond the World by Michael Moorcock; A Man and His God by Janet Morris; Where is the Bird of Fire by Thomas Burnett Swann; Sleep Well of Night by Avram Davidson; and The Gate of the Flying Knives by Poul Anderson. Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber won the Nebula Award for best novella in 1970 and the Hugo Award for best novella in 1971.
- GenresFantasyAnthologies
612 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,342 books27.9k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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July 6, 2024
The Gate of the Flying Knives by Poul Anderson
Sleep Well of Nights by Avram Davidson
Storm In A Bottle by John Jakes
The Lands Beyond the World
Tower of Ice by Roger Zelazny
Guyal of Sfere by Jack Vance
Sleep Well of Nights by Avram Davidson
Storm In A Bottle by John Jakes
The Lands Beyond the World
Tower of Ice by Roger Zelazny
Guyal of Sfere by Jack Vance
February 27, 2015
These 13 stories were written a while ago, all last millennium. Hence, they are classics. I had only read one of them previously but they all have merit. Enjoyable and a good range of stories.
August 1, 2018
only about half of the stories are good. some of them are aweful.
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