A MAGIC-LOVER'S TREASURY OF THE FANTASTIC

by Margaret--Ed. Weis ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 1, 1998

Twenty substantial stories, 1950-95, featuring magic in all its many and startling guises. Included are: ""Mazirian the Magician,"" from Jack Vance's first masterpiece, The Dying Earth; a tale of Lankhmar and Gray Mouser, from Fritz Leiber; one of Larry Niven's ""fading magic"" yams; magic in pre-Revolutionary America (Katherine Kurtz); Zenna Henderson's classic ""The Anything Box""; one of Ursula K. Le Guin's stories from which developed the magnificent Wizard of Earthsea trilogy; Merlin vs. Lancelot (Roger Zelazny); and the ultimate magic word (F. Paul Wilson). Wrapping up the all-star east are: Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg, Melanie Rawn, Joe Haldeman, Raymond E. Feist, C.J. Cherryh, Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey, Ray Bradbury, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Greg Bear, and Christopher Stasheff. A well-chosen, pleasingly varied assemblage that deftly avoids both the overly familiar and the tediously obscure.

Pub Date: Jan. 1, 1998

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 432

Publisher: Aspect/Warner

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 15, 1997

Categories: FICTION