num_pages: 638
description: Here are 44 compelling tales of the fantastic--many never before anthologized--by such classic writers as L. Frank Baum and Charles Dickens through today's finest writers, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Joanna Russ and Michael Moorcock.Contentsxi • Introduction (Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment) • (1988) • essay by David G. Hartwell3 • The Rule of Names • [Earthsea Cycle] • (1964) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin13 • The Magic Fishbone • (1868) • shortstory by Charles Dickens23 • The Goddess on the Street Corner • (1953) • shortstory by Margaret St. Clair31 • Feathertop: A Moralized Legend • (1854) • shortstory by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of Feathertop 1846)49 • The Root and the Ring • (1954) • novelette by Wyman Guin70 • The Green Magician • [Incomplete Enchanter • 5] • (1954) • novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt128 • Our Fair City • (1949) • shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein149 • The Man Who Could Not See Devils • (1970) • shortstory by Joanna Russ162 • A New Arabian Night's Entertainment • (1785) • shortstory by Horace Walpole166 • The King and His Three Daughters • (1785) • shortstory by Horace Walpole169 • The Dice-Box: A Fairy Tale • (1785) • shortstory by Horace Walpole173 • The Peach in Brandy: A Milesian Tale • (1785) • shortstory by Horace Walpole176 • Mi Li: A Chinese Fairy Tale • (1785) • shortstory by Horace Walpole182 • A True Love Story • (1785) • shortstory by Horace Walpole185 • The Bird's Nest • (1967) • shortstory by Horace Walpole189 • Bird of Prey • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier197 • The Detective of Dreams • (1980) • novelette by Gene Wolfe214 • The Bee-Man of Orn • (1887) • shortstory by Frank R. Stockton224 • The Red Hawk • (1983) • novelette by Elizabeth A. Lynn252 • The Canvasser's Tale • (1876) • shortstory by Mark Twain261 • The Silken-Swift . . . • (1953) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of The Silken-Swift)280 • The New Mother • (1882) • shortstory by Lucy Clifford291 • Mr. Lupescu • (1945) • shortstory by Anthony Boucher296 • The King of the Cats • (1929) • shortstory by Stephen Vincent Benét310 • Uncle Einar • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury318 • Space-Time for Springers • [Gummitch the Cat] • (1958) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber330 • Great is Diana • (1958) • shortstory by Avram Davidson339 • The Last of the Huggermuggers: A Giant Story • (1856) • novella by Christopher Pearse Cranch368 • Tobermory • (1909) • shortstory by Saki375 • The King of the Elves • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick397 • The Glass Dog • (1901) • shortstory by L. Frank Baum405 • The Queen of Quok • (1901) • shortstory by L. Frank Baum413 • The Magic Bonbons • (1901) • shortstory by L. Frank Baum419 • The Dummy That Lived • (1901) • shortstory by L. Frank Baum426 • The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers • [Neveryon] • (1979) • novelette by Samuel R. Delany455 • from Phantasmion • (1837) • shortstory by Sara Coleridge465 • The Sapphire Necklace • (1930) • shortstory by Kenneth Morris473 • The Regent of the North • (1915) • shortstory by Kenneth Morris483 • The Eyeless Dragons: A Chinese Story • (1915) • shortstory by Kenneth Morris491 • Elric at the End of Time • [Tales from the End of Time • 5] • (1981) • novelette by Michael Moorcock532 • Lindenborg Pool • (1856) • shortstory by William Morris540 • The Moon Pool • [Walter Goodwin] • (1918) • novella by A. Merritt580 • The Sword of Welleran • (1908) • shortstory by Lord Dunsany593 • Operation Afreet • [Operation Chaos] • (1956) • novelette by Poul Anderson
language: English
title: Masterpieces Of Fantasy And Enchantment
titlecomplete: Masterpieces Of Fantasy And Enchantment
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Anthologies, Collections, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Doubleday Books