FOUR MORE GREAT STORIES OF SWORD AND SORCERYBOLD!BRUTAL!BRILLIANT!The carpet shuddered; a ripping motion ran along its fringes. Foot by foot, it rose from the pavement, until it was above the heads of those standing in the courtyard. The carpet continued
Who do today's top fantasy writers read--and why? This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are seventeen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selecte
Introductory Essay: Of Swordsmen & Sorcerers by Lin CarterThe Still less than momentary qualm which Death experienced at this point was far deeper and stronger than that which he had felt in the case of Lithquil. Fafhrd and the Mouser had served him w
Whether in vast ancient monuments or the secret soul of a computer, whether on phantasmic surreal worlds or the off-ramp of a sunbaked interstate, whether in the voices of uncanny beings or the eyes of the children next door, the one constant in the unive
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 g
This new treasury of terror will propel you through fifty-eight stories and poems of fear and nightmare. Like its companion volume, Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, this collection intends to terrify the reader with the cosmic fear of the unkn
29 short stories from 1933-1967 that left permanent significant impact on the three editors as teens.1 Rescue Party by Arthur C. Clarke (Astounding Science Fiction May'46)2 Menace from Earth by Robert A. Heinlein (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Ficti
Comprising:The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance;No Truce With Kings by Poul Anderson;Soldier, Ask Not by Gordon R. Dickson;"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison;The Last Castle by Jack Vance;Neutron Star by Larry Niven.
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,
