The secret history of fantasy
By: edited by Peter S. Beagle
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tachyon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781892391995
Subjects: American fiction; American Fantasy fiction
Other titles: Fantasy
Description: Tired of the same old fantasy? Here are nineteen much-needed antidotes to cliche d tales of swords and sorcery. Fantasy is back, and it's better than ever!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Peter S. Beagle; title: Ancestor money / Maureen F. McHugh; title: Scarecrow / Gregory Maguire; title: Lady of the skulls / Patricia A. McKillip; title: We are Norsemen / T.C. Boyle; title: The Barnum Museum / Steven Millhauser; title: Mrs. Todd's shortcut / Stephen King; title: Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson; title: Bones / Francesca Lia Block; title: Snow, glass, apples / Neil Gaiman; title: Fruit and words / Aimee Bender; title: The empire of ice cream / Jeffrey Ford; title: The edge of the world / Michael Swanwick; title: Super goat man / Jonathan Lethem; title: John Uskglass and the cumbrian charcoal burner / Susanna Clarke; title: The book of Martha / Octavia E. Butler; title: The Vita ©terna Mirror Company / Yann Martel; title: Sleight of hand / Peter S. Beagle; title: Mythago wood / Robert Holdstock; title: 26 monkeys, also the abyss / Kij Johnson; title: Appendix 1: The critics, the monsters, and the fantasists / Ursula LeGuin; title: Appendix 2: The making of the American fantasy genre / David G. Hartwell.