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Year's Best Fantasy #9

Year's Best Fantasy #9

Al Michaud
3.7/5 ( ratings)
The line between utopia and dystopia...is, often, who you are. Or who your neighbors think you are.

Twenty-eight doses of wonder. From the distant past to the present day, from Antarctica and Mars to worlds that never were, the tales in this book bring news from nowhere-and everywhere. Fantasy is a mode of storytelling, a method of entertainment, a mode of argument, and a way of seeing. Here, presented by two of the most distinguished anthologists of the day, are twenty-eight stories that see, tell, argue, and entertain.

Contents

6 • Introduction • essay by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
9 • Shoggoths in Bloom • • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
27 • The Rabbi's Hobby • • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
51 • Running the Snake • • shortstory by Kage Baker
67 • The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • • shortstory by Daryl Gregory
86 • Reader's Guide • • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
93 • The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. • • novelette by Al Michaud
132 • Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake • • shortstory by Naomi Novik
149 • A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica • • shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
158 • From the Clay of His Heart • • shortfiction by John Brown
183 • If Angels Fight • • novelette by Richard Bowes
207 • 26 Monkeys and the Abyss • • shortfiction by Kij Johnson
217 • Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita • • shortfiction by Debra Doyle and James Macdonald
232 • The Film-makers of Mars • • shortstory by Geoff Ryman
241 • Childrun • • novelette by Marc Laidlaw
264 • Queen of the Sunlit Shore • • shortstory by Liz Williams
272 • Lady Witherspoon's Solution • • novelette by James Morrow
296 • Dearest Cecily • • shortfiction by Kris Dikeman [as by Kristine Dikeman ]
303 • Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta • • shortfiction by Randy McCharles
330 • Caverns of Mystery • • shortstory by Kage Baker
346 • Skin Deep • • novelette by Richard Parks
366 • King Pelles the Sure • • shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
376 • A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead • • shortstory by Richard Harland
386 • Avast, Abaft! • • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
395 • Gift from a Spring • • shortfiction by Delia Sherman
415 • The First Editions • • novelette by James Stoddard
442 • The Olverung • • shortfiction by Stephen Woodworth
456 • Daltharee • • shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
464 • The Forest • • shortstory by Kim Wilkins
Language
English
Pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Tor Books
Release
August 14, 2009
ISBN
0765324490
ISBN 13
9780765324498

Year's Best Fantasy #9

Al Michaud
3.7/5 ( ratings)
The line between utopia and dystopia...is, often, who you are. Or who your neighbors think you are.

Twenty-eight doses of wonder. From the distant past to the present day, from Antarctica and Mars to worlds that never were, the tales in this book bring news from nowhere-and everywhere. Fantasy is a mode of storytelling, a method of entertainment, a mode of argument, and a way of seeing. Here, presented by two of the most distinguished anthologists of the day, are twenty-eight stories that see, tell, argue, and entertain.

Contents

6 • Introduction • essay by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
9 • Shoggoths in Bloom • • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
27 • The Rabbi's Hobby • • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
51 • Running the Snake • • shortstory by Kage Baker
67 • The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • • shortstory by Daryl Gregory
86 • Reader's Guide • • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
93 • The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. • • novelette by Al Michaud
132 • Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake • • shortstory by Naomi Novik
149 • A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica • • shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
158 • From the Clay of His Heart • • shortfiction by John Brown
183 • If Angels Fight • • novelette by Richard Bowes
207 • 26 Monkeys and the Abyss • • shortfiction by Kij Johnson
217 • Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita • • shortfiction by Debra Doyle and James Macdonald
232 • The Film-makers of Mars • • shortstory by Geoff Ryman
241 • Childrun • • novelette by Marc Laidlaw
264 • Queen of the Sunlit Shore • • shortstory by Liz Williams
272 • Lady Witherspoon's Solution • • novelette by James Morrow
296 • Dearest Cecily • • shortfiction by Kris Dikeman [as by Kristine Dikeman ]
303 • Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta • • shortfiction by Randy McCharles
330 • Caverns of Mystery • • shortstory by Kage Baker
346 • Skin Deep • • novelette by Richard Parks
366 • King Pelles the Sure • • shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
376 • A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead • • shortstory by Richard Harland
386 • Avast, Abaft! • • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
395 • Gift from a Spring • • shortfiction by Delia Sherman
415 • The First Editions • • novelette by James Stoddard
442 • The Olverung • • shortfiction by Stephen Woodworth
456 • Daltharee • • shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
464 • The Forest • • shortstory by Kim Wilkins
Language
English
Pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Tor Books
Release
August 14, 2009
ISBN
0765324490
ISBN 13
9780765324498

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