Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy

10 best books like Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (Al Sarrantonio): Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection, Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy, The Dragon Quintet, Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy, The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows, The Secret History of Fantasy, The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy, Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, If I Were An Evil Overlord

Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores

Author

Greg Ketter

Bookstores are the greatest places on earth, yet there's never been an anthology devoted just to them. Here are sixteen stories, fourteen original to this anthology, each of which includes a bookstore at its core. Science fiction, fantasy and horror. Authors included are David Bischoff, P.D. Cacek,...

The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection

Author	Ellen Datlow
ISBN	0312018525

When I started the anthology, at first I felt robbed.

I hadn't read this one before, so most of the stories were new to me, but I have read other books in the series, as well as other things that the editors have done together.

I wasn't prepared to come back to it. Not only have both fantasy...

Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy

Author	Andrew M. Greeley
ISBN	0765305046

Mythology and magic come alive in this collection of Irish fantasy stories by some of today's finest authors.
Ireland is a nation that holds fast to its history and heritage, and nowhere is that more true than in its folktales and legends. From the great Celtic myths featuring the bard Taliesin,...

The Dragon Quintet

Author	Marvin Kaye
ISBN	0765349116

Brand-new contributions to the hoard of dragon lore by five top fantasy authors.

Orson Scott Card's "In the Dragon's House" is a gothic yarn about the mysterious dragon that lives in the wiring of an old house, noticed by a young boy who shares its body in dreams and feels its true size and power.

Mercedes...

Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy

Author	Jack Dann
ISBN	0425215180

Never-before-published stories by Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, Garth Nix, and a magical lineup of writers.

Throughout the ages, the wizard has claimed a spot in human culture-from the shadowy spiritual leaders of early man to precocious characters in blockbuster films. Gone are the cartoon...

The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows

Author	Jonathan Strahan
ISBN	0670060593

"An original science fiction anthology"

Truly successful science fiction does two things: it gives credible glimpses into the future while entertaining the reader. With this in mind, noted anthologist Jonathan Strahan (who is also the reviews editor of Locus magazine) asked sixteen of...

The Secret History of Fantasy

Author	Peter S. Beagle
ISBN	1892391996

Step right up and buy your ticket to the impossible marvels of the Barnum Museum. Take a highly caffeinated ride through the Empire of Ice Cream. If you dare, hunt feral archetypes deep within a haunted English forest. Or conquer the New World with a band of geographically-challenged Norsemen.

Tired...

The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy

Author

Mike Ashley

Mike Ashley is back with an all-new edition of one of the bestselling Mammoth Books ever, from the funniest writers in the field, including Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, and Terry Jones. The thirty- five off-the-wall comic fantasies featured in Ashley's new collection are a mix of specially written stories...

Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction

Author	Jetse de Vries
ISBN	1906735670

Some of the world's most talented SF writers collected to throw light on a brighter future.

Shine: a collection of gems that throw light on a brighter future. Some of the world's most talented SF writers (including Alastair Reynolds, Kay Keyon and Jason Stoddard) show how things can change...

If I Were An Evil Overlord

Author	Martin H. Greenberg
ISBN	0756403847

All in all, a good book. Like any compilation of short stories by different authors, some were better than others. Usually, I found I had a preference for the more humorous stories ("Gordie Culligan vs Dr. Longbeach and the HVAC of Doom" for example), but I really feel my favorite stories were the ones...

The Way of the Wizard

Author	John Joseph Adams
ISBN	1607012324

Power. We all want it, they've got it -- witches, warlocks, sorcerers, necromancers, those who peer beneath the veil of mundane reality and put their hands on the levers that move the universe. They see the future in a sheet of glass, summon fantastic beasts, and transform lead into gold... or you into...

Nebula Awards Showcase 2012

Author

James Patrick Kelly

The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America®. The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories in the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction...

Legends II: Dragon, Sword and King

Author	Robert Silverberg
ISBN	1435291131

Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King bounds together short stories from five bestselling authors in fantasy in one-half of a follow up volume to the first Legends anthology. Edited by Robert Silverberg, this collection sees returning authors such as George R.R. Martin and Orson Scott Card with newcomers...

Year's Best Fantasy 2

Author	David G. Hartwell
ISBN	0380818418

Remarkable Journeys to Fantastic Realms.

Undreamed-of wonders from the farthest reaches of imagination.

In this second volume of the previous year's finest short fantastic fiction, acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell showcases new works by stellar literary...