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Magical Worlds of Fantasy #3
Magical World of Fantasy: Cosmic Knights
This anthology Crusader Damosel by Vera Chapman; Divers Hands by Darrell Schweitzer; The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame; The Immortal Game by Poul Anderson; The Stainless Steel Knight by John T. Phillifent; Diplomat At Arms by Keith Laumer; Dream Damsel by Evan Hunter (Ed McBain;) The Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny; A Knyght Ther Was by Robert F. Young; and Divide and Rule by L. Sprague de Camp.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,340 books27.8k 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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May 15, 2014
First of all I will have to admit that this is not the edition I have - mine is the UK Robinson Publishing edition which has a much more basic cover and I unfortunately have to admit a lower quality of paper (its actually quite shocking opening the book after these years to see how brittle the pages are even though I have tried my best to look after them).
Anyway the book is a collection of short stories by some of the biggest names of science fiction and fantasy and even though the series is titled with "fantasy" in it some of the stories have a decidedly science fiction or horror flavour to them. Ok I know this was collated back in the day where genres were pretty simple and fewer in number so categorisation was simpler to choose but also more brutal in classification.
And then there is the whole "short story" aspect- which I have a love/hate relationship with. I prefer to get stuck in to a good story yet there is a definite advantage to knowing you can sit and read something and that in a short length of time you can come to an ending. Well this book to me has the best short stories from a great range of authors and in a fascinating range of styles. There were more than one or two authors I was so impressed with I subsequently went off to find more about.
Anyway the book is a collection of short stories by some of the biggest names of science fiction and fantasy and even though the series is titled with "fantasy" in it some of the stories have a decidedly science fiction or horror flavour to them. Ok I know this was collated back in the day where genres were pretty simple and fewer in number so categorisation was simpler to choose but also more brutal in classification.
And then there is the whole "short story" aspect- which I have a love/hate relationship with. I prefer to get stuck in to a good story yet there is a definite advantage to knowing you can sit and read something and that in a short length of time you can come to an ending. Well this book to me has the best short stories from a great range of authors and in a fascinating range of styles. There were more than one or two authors I was so impressed with I subsequently went off to find more about.
June 13, 2021
Una buona raccolta di racconti fantastici e fantascientifici con il tema di fondo della cavalleria.
Alcuni sono brevi, altri lunghi, tutti più o meno godibili ma uno spicca su tutti, quello di Zelazny, per la visionarietà di questo autore troppo sottovalutato in Italia.
Comunque 3 stelle, magari meno un frammento.
Alcuni sono brevi, altri lunghi, tutti più o meno godibili ma uno spicca su tutti, quello di Zelazny, per la visionarietà di questo autore troppo sottovalutato in Italia.
Comunque 3 stelle, magari meno un frammento.
August 29, 2020
A quite interesting collection of short stories with the main theme being knights. I'm a fan of fantasy but not so much science fiction, and these stories are more of the science fiction type, already visible in the title cosmic knights. There were some good witty stories and some that interested me less. A good way to pass some time with stories about intergalactic chivalry.
March 27, 2019
A stellar collection of short stories--and somewhat longer works--which all intermesh fantasy/science fiction with a theme of knighthood and the damosel-in-distress. Most of these offerings are truly outstanding.
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December 13, 2007N/A
February 15, 2016
I only red a little. Several short stories by various authors - all with a knight in the story.
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July 17, 201311/17/86. No library.
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