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Magic lives in remarkable realms -- and in the short fiction of today's top fantasists. In this fifth breathtaking volume of the year's best flights of the fantastic, award-winning editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer present a dazzling new array of wonders -- stories that break through the time-honored conventions of the genre to carry the reader to astonishing places that only the most ingenious minds could conceive. In the able hands of Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Tim Powers, and others, miracles become tangible and true, impossible creatures roam unfettered, and fairy tales are reshaped, sharpened, and freed from the restrictive bonds of childhood. Lose yourself in these pages and in these worlds -- and discover the power, the beauty, the unparalleled enchantment of fantasy at its finest.… (altro)
Another fantasy anthology that I enjoyed. A few of the stories here I've previously read; there are some that did not leave a particularly strong impression, but others were quite memorable. I once again found myself wondering how the other works of authors I've first encountered here are. It was overall a good dose of fantasy for me! ( )
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To Carl Caputo, for last-minute help and good cheer, and to Elizabeth Constance Cramer Hartwell in the hope that you will sleep better.
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Introduction: If we consider the fantastic in literature as a geographic section of the world of literature, it is about the size of North America, very large and diverse, and with widespread influence.
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William Wachter shrugged. "I have a feeling that this was the easy part," he said.
Magic lives in remarkable realms -- and in the short fiction of today's top fantasists. In this fifth breathtaking volume of the year's best flights of the fantastic, award-winning editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer present a dazzling new array of wonders -- stories that break through the time-honored conventions of the genre to carry the reader to astonishing places that only the most ingenious minds could conceive. In the able hands of Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Tim Powers, and others, miracles become tangible and true, impossible creatures roam unfettered, and fairy tales are reshaped, sharpened, and freed from the restrictive bonds of childhood. Lose yourself in these pages and in these worlds -- and discover the power, the beauty, the unparalleled enchantment of fantasy at its finest.