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The Big Book of Classic Fantasy - by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer (Paperback)

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy - by  Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A Vintage Books original"--Copyright page.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD <p/>Unearth the enchanting origins of fantasy fiction with a collection of tales as vast as the tallest tower and as mysterious as the dark depths of the forest. <br></b><br> Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight--on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, <i>The Big Book of Classic Fantasy </i>is essential reading for anyone who's never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder. <p/> INCLUDING: <p/> *Stories by pillars of the genre like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Shelley, Christina Rossetti, L. Frank Baum, Robert E. Howard, and J. R. R. Tolkien<br> *Fantastical offerings from literary giants including Edith Wharton, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Hesse, and W.E.B. Du Bois<br> *Rare treasures from Asian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions<br> *New translations, including fourteen stories never before in English <p/> PLUS: <p/> *Beautifully Bizarre Creatures! *Strange New Worlds Just Beyond the Garden Path!<br> *Fairy Folk and Their Dark Mischief! *Seriously Be Careful--Do Not Trust Those Fairies!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The VanderMeers have compiled an eminently readable collection of stories from authors around the world, seeking to introduce fantasy lovers to many rarely seen and underappreciated gems while still including a handful of more well-known authors to balance the mix. . . . This quintessential anthology is destined to become the standard by which future fantasy classic anthologies are measured. . . . [A] must-have anthology."<b><br>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, "SF/F/H Novels, Short Stories, and Sequels to Look for in July" <p/></b>"The VanderMeers bring to fantasy the same monumental efforts at curation and translation that brought about the massive, absolutely essential 2016 anthology <i>The Big Book of Science Fiction</i>. . . . [This] collection traces the development of an entire genre and places it into glorious context."<b><br>--<i>Tor</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> "Invaluable. . . . Varied and textured examples of fantasy in literature that readers and students may not have been exposed to previously."<b><br>--<i>The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star</i></b> <p/>"An impressive cross-section of early fantasy in this fascinating anthology of 90 stories. . . . This sweeping panorama of fantasy is a must-have for those interested in the roots of modern fantasy, and it gives a welcome introduction to many unexpected delights."<b><br>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <p/>"Dozens upon dozens of seminal fantasy stories, some well-known and others delightfully rescued from obscurity. . . . Like its SF counterpart, this dense and exhaustive collection would serve as an admirable survey course for the genre."<b><br>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ANN VANDERMEER currently serves as an acquiring editor for Tor.com and <i>Weird Fiction Review</i> and is the editor-in-residence for Shared Worlds. She was the editor-in-chief for <i>Weird Tales</i> for five years, work for which she won a Hugo Award. She also has won a World Fantasy Award and a British Fantasy Award for coediting <i>The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories</i>. <p/>JEFF VANDERMEER is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy, the first novel of which, <i>Annihilation</i>, won the Shirley Jackson Award and was made into a film by Paramount Pictures. His recent novel <i>Borne</i> has been selected for the NEA Big Reads program and was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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