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Visions of Wonder:
An Anthology of Christian Fantasy
Jack
Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthology series
More Classic Fantasy Writers
Modern classics of fantasy/The Oxford book of fantasy stories
- Thomas Burnett Swann MCF/ OBFS
- Keith Roberts MCF/ OBFS
- Robert Sampson MCF
- Mervyn Peake OBFS
- John Buchan The Magic Walking Stick OBFS
- Richard Garnett OBFS
- Tom Shippy OBFS/OBSFS
- Hilbert Schenck Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
- Frank Lillie Pollock Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
- John Myers Myers Silverlock (1949)
In DAY OF THE MINOTAUR, modern
readers at last have an opportunity to rediscover the imaginative genius of
Thomas Burnett Swann, a writer whose works have been compared with the
marvel-packed sagas of J.R.R. Tolkien, the sweeping adventure-tales of Mary
Renault, and the sheer story-telling magic of Jack Vance and Edgar Rice
Burroughs. This is the novel of Eunostos, the last of an ancient and powerful
race of bull-men; of the Achaean conqueror Ajax; and of the beautiful Thea,
known as the Beast Princess. You will not soon forget these characters, nor the
unusual Bears of Artemis, the treacherous, bee-like creatures called Thriae,
and the rest of the humans and non-humans who come to the final battle in the
thunderous War of the Beasts. A world of wonder and excitement that will
grip your imagination from the first page to the last! (Amazon Description)
1588:
Queen Elizabeth is felled by an assassin's bullet. Within the week, the Spanish
Armada had set sail, and its victory changed the course of history.
1968: England is still dominated by the Church of Rome. There
are no telephones, no television, no nuclear power. As Catholicism and the
Inquisition tighten their grip, rebellion is growing. (Amazon) Kindle
Keith Robert's The Lordly Ones
offers a wide variety of sf and fantasy (and even a ghost story). The title
story is a vision of near-future Britain collapsing in social disorder told
from the viewpoint of a slow-witted lavatory attendant. Another take, "The
Comfort Station", approaches a similar situation from a quite different
perspective. In other stories we see Roberts in a more light-hearted vein:
"The Checkout", another of his series of stories about a modern-day
witch, Anita, or "Diva", a tale of singer of unique abilities. In
"Ariadne Potts" a man's wish brings a classical statue to life, with,
inevitably, unfortunate results. "The Castle and the Hoop" is an
atmospheric ghost story set around the pubs of Southwark. And
"Sphairistike" is perhaps the only sf story ever to centre on the
game of tennis. (Amazon) Kindle
Robert Sampson MCF
mostly short stories
Gormenghast
Titus is
expected to rule this extraordinary kingdom and his eccentric and wayward subjects.
But with the arrival of an ambitious kitchen boy, Steerpike, the established
order is thrown into disarray. Over the course of these three novels—Titus
Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone— Titus must contend with a
kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue,
treachery, manipulation, and murder.Intoxicating, rich, and unique, The
Gormenghast Trilogy is a tour de force that ranks as one of the twentieth
century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. This special edition,
published for the centenary of Mervyn Peake's birth, is accompanied by over one
hundred of Peake's dazzling drawings. (Amazon) Kindle
1. Titus Groan (1946)Kindle
2. Gormenghast (1950) Kindle
3. Titus Alone (1959) Kindle
4. Titus Awakes (2011) (with Maeve Gilmore) Kindle
A young boy, Bill, buys a
walking stick from a roadside pedlar. He discovers that it's a magic stick that
will take the owner to anywhere he wishes. Adventures ensue. (Amazon)
Kindle
Tom Shippy OBFS/OBSFS Anthologist
Hammer and the Cross With Harry
Harrison
1. The Hammer and the Cross (1993) Kindle
865 A.D. Warring kings rule
over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all
who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not
fear the priests.
Shef, the bastard son of a
Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and
driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A smith and
warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve
out a kingdom--and launch an all-out war between....The Hammer and the Cross.
2. One King's Way (1994)
3. King and Emperor (1996) (with John Holm
(Tom Shippey))
Hilbert
Schenck Oxford
Book of Science Fiction Stories
When Eve Pennington, Professor
of History of Science on business in England, buys a nineteenth century journal
at a London book auction on a whim because it is about Nantucket, where her life
changed as a teenager, the mystery begins. And like Sherlock Holmes (and with
the help of a loyal young bookman as her Watson), Eve determines to keep the journal
that a number of important people seem to want desperately enough to steal and
find out why they want it.
And in reading the journal, Eve
finds the seeds of a very great mystery indeed. For perhaps more than two
hundred years ago, several alien beings landed on earth in the oceans. One or
more of them may have died, but Eve determines that two of them were located
off the coast of Scotland and near a tiny island off Nantucket, and, further,
that these two have been influencing nearby human beings in strange and
sometimes wonderful ways. Perhaps, even Eve. (Goodreads) OpenLibrary
Frank Lillie Pollock Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
John Myers Myers Silverlock (1949) Kindle
While
on a sea voyage, a ship named Naglfar founders. One anhedonic passenger, A.
Clarence Shandon (M.B.A., Wisconsin), is washed ashore in a fictional land
known as "The Commonwealth of Letters". He is befriended by Golias,
who nicknames him "Silverlock" and who becomes his guide. Silverlock
and Golias encounter figures from history, literature and mythology.
This
is a partial listing of the characters, settings, and events that are drawn
from history, and from works of literature and mythology. Some of the
characters go by names other than those given below, thus the reader is
expected to identify them from their contexts.
Golias.
His name is that of a mythical patron saint of wandering bards.[1] He is also
identified as Orpheus, Taliesin, Amergin, Virgil, and other wandering poets.
Lucius
Gil Jones, a composite of Lucius in The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Gil Blas in Gil
Blas by Alain-René Lesage, and Tom Jones in The History of Tom Jones, a
Foundling by Henry Fielding
Robin
Hood, legendary figure
Job,
character from the Bible
Faust,
from Goethe's play
Pathfinder
from The Last of the Mohicans
Don
Quixote and his squire, Sancho Panza
Daniel
Boone, American explorer
Puck,
character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Beowulf,
mythical hero
Manon
Lescaut, from the novel L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
and the opera Manon Lescaut.
Becky
Sharp (Becky Crawley) from Thackeray's Vanity Fair
Emma
Watson, from the novel fragment The Watsons, by Jane Austen
Izaak
Walton, English novelist, as "Piscator"
The
Mad Hatter, The March Hare, and The Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland
The
Green Knight from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Ship
of fools, a medieval European cultural phenomenon
Hamlet,
from Shakespeare's play of the same name
Oedipus,
the mythological Greek hero
Brian
Boru, High King of Ireland
(Wickepedia)
(The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories) •
(1994)
An
anthology of fantasy stories selected by the eminent Medievalist and Fantasy
scholar Tom Shippey, The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories gathers together thirty-one
tales brimming over with imagination. This rich and intriguing collection of
fantasy stories features classic figures--the Devil, trolls and werewolves,
sorcerers and dragons--that have long been a part of the human psyche. The
authors of these marvelous tales draw upon a deep well of images, characters,
and landscapes with great imagination and subtlety. Featuring writers as
diverse as John Buchan and Mervyn Peake, Angela Carter and Terry Pratchett,
this is an anthology for the newcomer and dedicated fan alike. (GoodReads Description)
Contents - ix • Introduction (The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories) • (1994) • essay by Tom Shippey
- 1 • The Demon Pope • (1888) • short story by Richard Garnett
- 9 • The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth • (1908) • short story by Lord Dunsany
- 23 • Through the Dragon Glass • short story by A. Merritt [as by Abraham Merritt]
- 35 • The Nameless City • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1921) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
- 46 • The Wind in the Portico • (1928) • novelette by John Buchan
- 66 • The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
- 88 • Xeethra • [Zothique] • (1934) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
- 105 • Jirel Meets Magic • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1935) • novelette by C. L. Moore
- 135 • The Bleak Shore • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1940) • short story by Fritz Leiber
- 144 • Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1946) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming)
- 156 • See You Later • [Hogben • 4] • (1949) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
- 174 • Liane the Wayfarer • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • short story by Jack Vance
- 184 • The Desrick on Yandro • [John the Balladeer] • (1952) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
- 195 • The Silken-Swift • (1953) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
- 212 • Operation Afreet • [Operation Chaos] • (1956) • novelette by Poul Anderson
- 238 • The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off of Eye Street • (1962) • short story by Avram Davidson
- 244 • The Sudden Wings • (1962) • novelette by Thomas Burnett Swann
- 263 • Same Time, Same Place • (1963) • short story by Mervyn Peake
- 271 • Timothy • [Anita] • (1966) • short story by Keith Roberts
- 283 • The Kings of the Sea • [Brigadier Ffellowes] • (1968) • novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
- 300 • Not Long Before the End • [Magic Goes Away] • (1969) • short story by Larry Niven
- 311 • The Wager Lost by Winning • [Traveller in Black] • (1970) • novelette by John Brunner
- 342 • Lila the Werewolf • [Sam Farrell] • (1969) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
- 361 • Johanna • (1978) • short story by Jane Yolen
- 364 • The Erl-King • (1977) • short story by Angela Carter (variant of The Erlking)
- 372 • Beyond the Dead Reef • [Quintana Roo] • (1983) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
- 388 • Subworld • (1983) • novelette by Phyllis Eisenstein
- 409 • Bite-Me-Not or Fleur de Fur • (1984) • novelette by Tanith Lee (variant of Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu)
- 433 • The Night of White Bhairab • (1984) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
- 464 • Thorn • (1984) • short story by Robert Holdstock
- 480 • Troll Bridge • [Discworld] • (1992) • short story by Terry Pratchett
Available on Kindle
This is the kind of assortment that can hook a reader on short fantasy. Thirty-two good stories--some previously anthologized, some hot off the press ("Beauty and the Opera" by Suzy McKee Charnas appeared in July 1996), and a few once considered classic, but now nearly forgotten (Thomas Burnett Swann is rapidly falling out of sight)--offer entertainment for every taste. Many of the stories ("The Overworld" by Jack Vance, and "The Changeling" by Michael Swanwick) also offer continuation elsewhere as part of a longer work.
Gardner Dozois's emphasis is on magazine fiction. As such, it's an interesting view of the evolution and increasing sophistication of the "pulps"--and their readers. For this reason this would be an excellent text for a course on modern fantasy writing. Stories from Asimov Science Fiction Magazine, which Dozois edits, are prominent among the recent pieces. Providing a brief history of 20th-century fantasy, the introduction seems written with the new reader in mind. (GoodReads Description)
Contents
- Walk Like a Mountain • [John the Balladeer] • (1955) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
- Scylla's Daughter • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1961) • novella by Fritz Leiber
- Paper Dragons • [Land of Dreams] • (1985) • novelette by James P. Blaylock
- The Golem • (1955) • short story by Avram Davidson
- Flowers of Edo • (1987) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
- Bears Discover Fire • (1990) • short story by Terry Bisson
- The Changeling's Tale • (1994) • short story by Michael Swanwick
- Missolonghi 1824 • (1990) • short story by John Crowley
- Blunderbore • (1990) • short story by Esther M. Friesner
- Into Gold • (1986) • novelette by Tanith Lee
- Space-Time for Springers • [Gummitch the Cat] • (1958) • short story by Fritz Leiber
- Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast • (1996) • novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
- The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule • [Griaule] • (1984) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
- A Cabin on the Coast • (1984) • short story by Gene Wolfe
- The Sleep of Trees • (1980) • short story by Jane Yolen
- Trouble with Water • (1939) • short story by H. L. Gold
- The Gnarly Man • (1939) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
- Death and the Executioner • [Lord of Light] • (1967) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
- The Manor of Roses • [John & Stephen] • (1966) • novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
- The Overworld • [Dying Earth] • (1965) • novelette by Jack Vance
- Extempore • (1956) • short story by Damon Knight
- God's Hooks! • (1982) • short story by Howard Waldrop
- Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight • (1987) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Tale of Hauk • (1977) • novelette by Poul Anderson
- A Gift of the People • (1988) • short story by Robert Sampson
- Configuration of the North Shore • (1969) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
- Two Sadnesses • (1973) • short story by George Alec Effinger
- Manatee Gal, Won't You Come Out Tonight • [Jack Limekiller] • (1977) • novelette by Avram Davidson (variant of Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight)
- The Signaller • [Pavane] • (1966) • novelette by Keith Roberts
- The Troll • (1935) • short story by T. H. White
- Death and the Lady • (1992) • novelette by Judith Tarr
- Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros • (1995) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
- Preface (Modern Classics of Fantasy) • (1997) • essay by Gardner Dozois
- Recommended Reading (Modern Classics of Fantasy) • essay by Gardner Dozois
- M. R. James Ghost Stories
- Barbara Kingsolver Homeland • (1989)
- Debra Doyle
- James D. Macdonald
- Jean Ingelow http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4305
- Elisabeth Waters
- Brian McNaughton The Wildside Book of Fantasy
- Achmed Abdullah The Wildside Book of Fantasy
- Darrell Schweitzer The Wildside Book of Fantasy
- Clive Jackson The Wildside Book of Fantasy
Weis Hickman Fantasy
- Tracy Hickman Treasures of Fantasy
15. Janeen Webb Anthologist
Peter Haining Anthologies
Timescapes:
Stories of Time Travel
1. Peter Haining
6. Martin
Amis
7.
Barrington J. Bayley
The Wizards of
Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy
9. F. Anstey
10. John
Collier
Newly Discovered Authors
- 1 • Introduction (Robots vs. Fairies) • essay by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe
- 9 • Build Me a Wonderland • short story by Seanan McGuire
- 29 • Quality Time • novelette by Ken Liu
- 58 • Murmured Under the Moon • short story by Tim Pratt
- 83 • The Blue Fairy's Manifesto • short story by Annalee Newitz
- 99 • Bread and Milk and Salt • short story by Sarah Gailey
- 119 • Ironheart • short story by Jonathan Maberry
- 142 • Just Another Love Song • short story by Kat Howard
- 154 • Sound and Fury • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal
- 169 • The Bookcase Expedition • short story by Jeffrey Ford
- 182 • Work Shadow/Shadow Work • short story by Madeline Ashby
- 207 • Second to the Left, and Straight On • short story by Jim C. Hines
- 226 • The Buried Giant • short story by Lavie Tidhar
- 249 • Three Robots Experience Objects Left Behind from the Era of Humans for the First Time • short story by John Scalzi
- 258 • Ostentation of Peacocks • short story by Delilah S. Dawson [as by Lila Bowen]
- 277 • All the Time We've Left to Spend • short story by Alyssa Wong
- 299 • Adriftica • novelette by Maria Dahvana Headley
- 327 • To a Cloven Pine • short story by Max Gladstone
- 340 • A Fall Counts Anywhere • novelette by Catherynne M. Valente
Fantasy Novel Writes 1
1) Guy Adams
Pride and
Prejudice and Zombies
1. Dawn
of the Dreadfuls (2010)
2. Dreadfully
Ever After (2011)
10) W. R.
Thompson
Fantasy Novel Writes 2
3)
David Eddings
Belgariad
1. Pawn
of Prophecy (1982)
2. Queen
of Sorcery (1982)
3. Magician's
Gambit (1981)
4. Castle
of Wizardry (1984)
5. Enchanters'
End Game (1984)
5) Deborah
Harkness
All Souls
Trilogy
1. A
Discovery of Witches (2011)
2. Shadow
of Night (2012)
3. The
Book of Life (2014)
The All Souls Real-time
Reading Companion (2015)
The World of All
Souls (2018)
Time's Convert
4. Time's
Convert (2018)
Arthurian Saga
1. The
Crystal Cave (1970)
2. The
Hollow Hills (1973)
3. The
Last Enchantment (1979)
4. The
Wicked Day (1983)
5. The
Prince and the Pilgrim (1995)
Altered Arbor Handmaiden
3. M.P.
Shiel Arbor Science Fiction
4. Karel
Capek Arbor Science Fiction
Dead Zombies
3. Mike Carey
- 1 The Girl with All the Gifts (2014) only appeared as:
- 2 The Boy on the Bridge (2017) only appeared as:
- Iphigenia in Aulis (2012) [SF]
Independentish Sci-Fi Time
5. Doug
J. Cooper Bump Time Origin
7. Elyse
Douglas
Christmas Eve
1. The Christmas Eve Letter (2016)
2. The Christmas Eve Daughter (2018)
3. The Christmas Eve Secret (2019)
1. The Christmas Eve Letter (2016)
2. The Christmas Eve Daughter (2018)
3. The Christmas Eve Secret (2019)
8. Jason Ayres
Time Bubble
1. The Time Bubble (2014)
2. Global Cooling (2014)
3. Man Out Of Time (2015)
4. Splinters In Time (2017)
5. Class of '92 (2018)
6. Vanishing Point (2019)
1. The Time Bubble (2014)
2. Global Cooling (2014)
3. Man Out Of Time (2015)
4. Splinters In Time (2017)
5. Class of '92 (2018)
6. Vanishing Point (2019)
9)
Victor Zugg
Ripple in Time
1. A Ripple in Time
(2019)
2. The Planters
(2020)
The New Voices of Fantasy (2017)
Djinn Mysterion Time Voices
1) Helene Wecker The Djinn
Falls in Love & Other Stories
2) Claire North The Djinn Falls
in Love & Other Stories
7) David Sandner Anthologist Co-Author with JW https://davidsandner.com/
9)
Donald S. Crankshaw Donald Shaw Website Mysterion: Rediscovering the Mysteries of the
Christian Faith (2016)
10)
Kristin Janz http://www.kristinjanz.com Mysterion: Rediscovering the Mysteries of the Christian Faith (2016)
The New Voices of Science Fiction
6.
David Erik Nelson https://www.davideriknelson.com/
- The Shape of My Name • (2015) • short story by Nino Cipri
- Madeleine • (2015) • short story by Amal El-Mohtar
- One Hour, Every Seven Years • short fiction by Alice Sola Kim (3)
- Ice • (2015) • short story by Rich Larson
- Robo-Liopleurodon! • short fiction by Darcie Little Badger
- Mother Tongues • (2018) • short story by S. Qiouyi Lu
- Calved • (2015) • short story by Sam J. Miller
- Strange Waters • (2018) • short story by Samantha Mills
- In the Sharing Place • (2018) • short story by David Erik Nelson
- The Secret Life of Bots • (2017) • novelette by Suzanne Palmer (6)
- Our Lady of the Open Road • (2015) • novelette by Sarah Pinsker
- A Series of Steaks • (2017) • novelette by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (5)
- The Need for Air • (2018) • short story by Lettie Prell (7)
- Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ • (2017) • short story by Rebecca Roanhorse (1)
- A Study in Oils • [The Lucky Peach] • (2018) • novelette by Kelly Robson (8)
- Tender Loving Plastics • (2018) • short story by Amman Sabet
- Toppers • (2016) • novelette by Jason Sanford (10)
- Utopia, LOL? • (2017) • short story by Jamie Wahls (3)
- Openness • (2016) • short story by Alexander Weinstein
- The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi • (2019) • short story by E. Lily Yu
David Sandner
Golden Streets
Golden Collaborators
5) Thomas E. Sniegoski
6) Mike
Mignola
7)
James A. Moore
9) Mark
Morris
10) Tim
Lebbon
Best Extension
Catholic and Independent Authors
Parallel Worlds of
Richard Purtill (2011)
5) William H. Duquette,
Jason Bach (Illustrator)
Through Darkest Zymurgia!: A Ripping Yarn (The Known World Book
1)
Vikings at Dino's: A Novel of Lunch and Mayhem
Very Truly Run After: A Novel of Squirrels and Romance (Travels with
Michael Book 2)
Island of the Panzer-Schnauzers: A Brief Tale of Adventure (2014)
Newly Discovered Fantasy
- 1 Zenith (1993)
- 2 Equinox (1996)
- 3 Eclipse (2013)
- The Tale of Valkyra and Verlinden (1993) [SF]
Forgotten Classics Old
and New Discovered
10)
Marcel Aymé Walker-through-walls (1972) aka The
Man Who Walked Through Walls
New/Old Spec Fic Discovered
United States of Japan- 1 United States of Japan (2016)
- 2 Mecha Samurai Empire (2018)
- 3 Cyber Shogun Revolution (2020)
8) Mike
Chen Here and Now and Then
9) Annalee
Newitz The Future of Another Timeline
NOVEL T’s
1)
Blake
Crouch
2) Becky Chambers The Deckhand, the Nova Blade, and the Thrice-Sung Texts (2017) A Good Heretic • [Wayfarers]
4)
Ian McEwan
5)
Michael Moreci
6)
Ada Palmer
7)
Tom
Sweterlitsch
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