Once Upon a Time
10 best books like Once Upon a Time (Lester del Rey): The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, Black Swan, White Raven, Legends of Australian Fantasy, Sword and Sorceress IV, Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture, Treasures of Fantasy, Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, Assassin Fantastic, Giant Bones, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection
| Author | Terri Windling |
| ISBN | 0312862210 |
I'm a big fan of Terri Windling, and make an effort to seek out her anthologies. Thus, I got this one. I'd heard rave reviews of it - people saying "This is the one that made a difference in my life!"
I was a bit quizzical about that, because for me, that was 'Bordertown.' And for me, it remains Bordertown,...
| Author | Ellen Datlow |
| ISBN | 0380975238 |
In their fourth collection of original adult fairy tales written by some of the premier names in literature today, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling transport readers deep into an enchanted forest with a stunning array of magical stories - bringing us the princes...
| Author | Jack Dann |
| ISBN | 0732288487 |
From two of the best editors working today ... These are the legends of Australian fantasy - eleven of Australia's best-loved and most widely read writers ... Gathered together by equally legendary editors Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan to produce an entirely original compilation ...
Celebrate...
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| ISBN | 0886772109 |
ENCHANTMENTS FOR GOOD OR ILL...WEAPONS RAISED TO STRIKE...
Enemies unseen...supernatural creatures...wizards travelling down a darker path...thieves stealing from powers beyond their mastery... sword bearers called to a greater war...these are just some of the elements brought...
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
| Author | Jack D. Zipes |
| ISBN | 0140127836 |
"Spells of Enchantment" brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, arranged to provide a sense of the history and evolution of this ancient genre. Focusing on the work of the most gifted writers of the great Western literary movements from classical times to the present, Jack Zipes's...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0061056308 |
Here be dragons--and elves, wizards, and unicorns and all the wonders of fantasy!
Here they are, collected in one indispensable volume--the most acclaimed stories of our time by the world-famous authors who have made fantasy the most exciting and popular genre in all literature.
Known...
| Author | David G. Hartwell |
| ISBN | 1568650396 |
Note, Dec. 17, 2016: I edited this review just now to correct two misspelled words.
July 2, 2011
Hartwell is a respected anthologist in the field of speculative fiction, so when I got a good deal on this collection a couple of years ago, I grabbed it up. His objective here (set forth in his short...
| Author | Martin H. Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0756400023 |
I don't usually read short stories collections and don't really know how to rate them. Reading one short story at a time, I'm giving the book a grand total of 2.8 stars, which is the average of the 15 stories and gets rounded to 3.
Death Rites by Tanya Huff - 4 stars - An ok story, but nothing too special.
Green...
| Author | Peter S. Beagle |
| ISBN | 0451456513 |
Peter Beagle's followup to The Innkeeper's Song is a collection of longish fantasy stories set in that same universe. The stories range from adventurous to introspective, humorous to suspenseful, but all share Beagle's gift for language and his ability to bring his characters to life.
Don...
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection
| Author | Gardner Dozois |
| ISBN | 0312324790 |
The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition...
