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Lands of Never: An Anthology of Modern Fantasy
Stories by Robert Silverberg, William Horwood, Joy Chant, J.G. Ballard, Christopher Evans, Ian Watson, John Grant, Seve Rasnic Tem, Angela Carter, and Brian W. Aldiss.
- GenresFantasy
167 pages, Paperback
First published October 17, 1983
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About the author
Maxim Jakubowski
282 books162 followersMaxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
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August 6, 2022
The stories vary in quality from so-so to masterpieces. Any collection with two masterpieces has to be top rated. My nominees for masterpieces:
Robert Silverberg, Dancers in the Time-Flux
J.G. Ballard, Report on an Unidentified Space Station (obviously owing something to Borges)
Outstanding:
Christopher Evans, The Rites of Winter
Delightful:
Joy Chant, The Coming of the Starborn
Ian Watson, In the Mirror of the Earth
John Grant, When All Else Fails
Worth reading for interesting premise and development:
Steve Rasnik Tem, When Coyote Takes Back the World
Angela Carter, The Bridegroom (didactic, but unusual theme)
Okay:
Brian Aldiss, The Girl Who Sang (the main character never comes to life)
Clunker:
William Horwood, The Museum Bell (verbose, hackneyed premise)
Robert Silverberg, Dancers in the Time-Flux
J.G. Ballard, Report on an Unidentified Space Station (obviously owing something to Borges)
Outstanding:
Christopher Evans, The Rites of Winter
Delightful:
Joy Chant, The Coming of the Starborn
Ian Watson, In the Mirror of the Earth
John Grant, When All Else Fails
Worth reading for interesting premise and development:
Steve Rasnik Tem, When Coyote Takes Back the World
Angela Carter, The Bridegroom (didactic, but unusual theme)
Okay:
Brian Aldiss, The Girl Who Sang (the main character never comes to life)
Clunker:
William Horwood, The Museum Bell (verbose, hackneyed premise)
Displaying 1 of 1 review