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- Publisher: St Martins Pr (Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312264739
- ISBN-13: 978-0312264734
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"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"
"The quality and the variety of the work in these annuals are guaranteed by the astonishing assiduousness of the editors."-"Necrofile"
"A collection not to be missed by anyone seriously interested in fantasy or horror.""-Kirkus Reviews"
"The two editors cast their nets as widely as humanly possible, and a set of these books on the shelf constitutes a uniquely authoritative guide to the progress of fantasy and horror fiction during the last decade and a bit."-"The New York Review of Science Fiction"
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"The most extensive and reliable guide to the field available."-"Realms of Fantasy"
"The quality and the variety of the work in these annuals are guaranteed by the astonishing assiduousness of the editors."-"Necrofile"
"A collection not to be missed by anyone seriously interested in fantasy or horror.""-Kirkus Reviews"
"The two editors cast their nets as widely as humanly possible, and a set of these books on the shelf constitutes a uniquely authoritative guide to the progress of fantasy and horror fiction during the last decade and a bit."-"The New York Review of Science Fiction"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Over 250,000 words of the finest fantasy and horror
A. S. Byatt
Charles de Lint
Karen Joy Fowler
Neil Gaiman
Lisa Goldstein
Stephen King
Ellen Kushner
Patricia A. McKillip
Steven Millhauser
Michael Marshall Smith
Peter Straub
Jane Yolen
For more than a decade, readers have looked to "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" to showcase the highest achievements of fantastic fiction. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this volume a valubale reference source as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
A. S. Byatt
Charles de Lint
Karen Joy Fowler
Neil Gaiman
Lisa Goldstein
Stephen King
Ellen Kushner
Patricia A. McKillip
Steven Millhauser
Michael Marshall Smith
Peter Straub
Jane Yolen
For more than a decade, readers have looked to "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" to showcase the highest achievements of fantastic fiction. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this volume a valubale reference source as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book changed my way of thinking about fantasy. I have long considered this as a dead genre. When you look through fantasy in any bookstores, it looks like an endless array of boring Tolkien-clones. What a surprise to find out that the the editors of these yearly collections are of the same opinion as me! What you find here is 400+ pages of top quality fantastic literature and poetry, much collected from the mainstream shelf,reclaiming fantasy for what it really is: myths to live by with its roots going all the way back to prehistoric times. Also a forte with this series is the introduction: A more than 100 page long overview of the year's fantasy-harvest.Here everything seems to be covered: Fantasy and horror in literature, art and media, even in music. This is a yearly event not to be missed. Highly recommended.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
more horror this year?
16 April 2000
Format:Paperback
Good collection of stories, though there seems to be a bit more horror than usual, and the inclusion of a couple of stories in which I was hard-pressed to find any fantastic or horrific elements at all. As usual, the poetry selections are the weakest in the bunch, with the delightful exception of Marisa de los Santos' "Wiglaf". My favorites from this collection: "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French" by Stephen King [I'm not a big King fan, but i was pleasantly surprised by this excellent little tale]; "The Faerie Cony-catcher" by Delia Sherman [its ending was not unexpected, but delightful all the same]; and "Cold" by A.S. Byatt [typical Byatt. for those unaquainted with A.S. Byatt, I can only say.. beautiful]. Terri Windling's Fantasy Summation for 1998 is useful as always.
The following is a complete listing of authors and their included works: Kelly Link, "Travels with the Snow Queen; Steve Duffy, "Running Dogs"; Marisa de los Santos, "Wiglaf"; Susanna Clarke, "Mrs Mabb"; Rick Kennett, "Due West"; Catharine Savage Brosman, "Kokopelli"; Bruce Glassco, "Taking Loup"; Sara Douglass, "The Evil Within"; Larry Fontenot, "Wile E. Coyote's Lament"; Mary Rosenblum, "The Rainmaker"; Michael Marshall Smith, "A Place to Stay"; Lisa Goldstein, "The Fantasma of Q___"; Ralph Salisbury, "Hoopa, the White Deer Dance"; Stephen King, "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French; Karen Joy Fowler, "The Travails"; Terry Lamsley, "Suburban Blight"; Dennis Etchison, "Inside the Cackle Factory"; Kurahashi Yumiko, "The House of the Black Cat"; John Kessel, "Every Angel is Terrifying"; Neil Gaiman, "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar"; Lawrence Osgood, "Great Sedna"; Sylvia Brownrigg, "The Bird Chick"; Mark W. Tiedmann, "Psyche"; Carol Ann Duffy, "Mrs. Beast"; Jane Yolen, "Become A Warrior"; Norman Partridge, "Blackbirds"; Nick DiChario, "Carp Man"; Delia Sherman, "The Faerie Cony-catcher"; Zan Ross, "At the River of Crocodiles"; Steven Millhauser, "Clair de Lune"; Jorge Luis Borges, "The Rose of Paracelsus"; Peter Straub, "Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff"; Michael Blumlein, "Revenge"; Holly Prado, "The Tall, Upheaving One"; Patricia A. McKillip, "Oak Hill"; Christopher Harman, "Jackdaw Jack"; Sarah Corbett, "Dark Moon"; Ellen Kushner, "The Death of the Duke"; Judy Budnitz, "Hershel"; Ray Vukcevich, "By the Time We Get to Uranus"; Kelly Link, "The Specialist's Hat"; Charles de Lint, "Twa Corbies"; Terry Dowling, "Jenny Come to Play"; Ilan Stavans, "Blimunda"; Chana Bloch, "Mrs. Dumpty"; A. S. Byatt, "Cold".
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Good fiction, poor overview
24 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
There are some fine stories in here, but as usual Ellen Datlow lets intra-genre politics inform her summary of the horror field. Once again, she refuses to acknowledge that authors like Bentley Little even released a book this past year (which he did--the brilliant social commentary THE STORE), and goes on and on praising lesser lights who have not offended her. The stories are worth reading, though.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Best yet
4 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
This edition is the best I've read yet! All the stories had some sort of magic element. They were all smart and well written.
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