- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 13th edition (Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312262744
- ISBN-13: 978-0312262747
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,034,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"There are other annual 'best' collections of fantasy and horror combined, but this long-running series . . . tops them all . . . All essential volume for anyone who values quality in fantasy and horror today."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred)
"A rich, inventively written collection . . . not to be missed."--"Kirkus Reviews "
"As always, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is the most broadly literate . . . and the most varied of all the genre annuals."--"Locus"
"The most extensive and reliable guide to the field available."--"Realms of Fantasy"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"A rich, inventively written collection . . . not to be missed."--"Kirkus Reviews "
"As always, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is the most broadly literate . . . and the most varied of all the genre annuals."--"Locus"
"The most extensive and reliable guide to the field available."--"Realms of Fantasy"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Collects fantasy, horror, fairy tales, and gothic stories chosen from the past year, including works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Neil Gaiman, and Bill Lewis.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
pure magic
13 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
If you`ve read too much minimalist academic fiction, you`re in for a treat. These stories, both dark and light, and infused with magic and poetry, have been culled from sources as diverse as the New Yorker, the Iowa Review, and some very obscure zines. Established masters of their craft such as Ursula Leguin and N. Scott Momaday rub shoulders with intruiguing newcomers such as Linnet Taylor and Mary Sharratt. Kelly Link`s fabulous story "The Girl Detective" is not to be missed.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Delightfully Wonderful
16 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
Every year the annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Collection keeps my eyes glued to a book. The Stories and magical and entertaining, written by some of today's best fantasy and horror writers. The stories range from Tolkienesque tales with magical creatures to more serious fiction stories. Many sparked my imagination And of course, quite a few frightened me to a point where I left nail prints in the binding. I recommend this book to fans of fantasy and/or horror or simply anybody looking for a good read.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fabulous Anthology
21 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
What a beautiful, fabulous anthology. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have turned out another of their elegant and amazing collections.
This anthology starts off fast with another of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea stories, but it's the second one, Ian MacLeod's 'The Chop Girl' that starts the anthology off with a bang. MacLeod's story is creepy, eerie, spooky, and thoroughly delightful. The anthology never loses steam. Nearly every story is wonderful.
Excellent stories by Charles de Lint, Gemma Files, Jeffrey Ford (be sure to check out his books here on Amazon. They're fabulous!), Tim Lebbon, Steven Millhauser, Paul McAuley, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, and on and on.
What makes this anthology so special is the breadth of sources that Datlow and Windling draw from. They have a few stories from the usual suspects, F&SF, Realms of Fantasy, Asimov's and so on, but the amount of stories, really good stories, that they grab from tiny obscure publications that probably less than 3,000 people read is astounding. In my mind this makes this series of anthologies infinitely more valuable than their SF counterparts.
I highly recommend this volume.
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