num_pages: 336
description: Ten of the top writers of fantasy present their views of the ways and byways of fairyland:ISAAC ASIMOV -- A most unusual knight meets an even more unusual dragon.TERRY BROOKS -- A boy and an elf discover courage conquers more than monsters.C.J. CHERRYH -- Three wishes -- and the strangest love story ever told.LESTER DEL REY -- The little princess didn't really believe in a fairy godmother.SUSAN DEXTER -- The hermit boy didn't know that his pet fawn was a unicorn.WAYLAND DREW -- Each traveler claimed precedence -- until a stranger joined them.BARBARA HAMBLY -- Three strange children from a dragon's lair were loved, until . . .KATHERINE KURTZ -- A fairy learns of faith and love from a holy man.ANNE McCAFFREY -- Humans and the descendants of Pegasus seek to escape their prison.LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS -- Killing a dragon is easy -- once one knows how.
language: English
title: Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Fantasies and Fairy Tales
titlecomplete: Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Fantasies and Fairy Tales
genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Anthologies, Childrens, Collections, Short Stories, Science Fiction Fantasy, Mythology, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 247
publisher: Time Warner Books UK