- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 14 edition (Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312275447
- ISBN-13: 978-0312275440
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.6 x 4.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,549,407 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 an alternate 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 an alternate 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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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I Love This Series!
3 April 2002
Format:Paperback
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is always exactly that.I pick up this anthology every year because everything Datlow and Windling edit i am guaranteed to like. I am a devotee of both genres,so sometimes I have come across the stories elsewhere(like in their fairy-tales-rewritten-for adults series)but they are always ones i would enjoy rereading.I'm never able to put these down until i'm completely finished,and then im sorry there wasn't more.Highlights of this issue include "At Eventide" by Kathe Koja,and "Granny Weather" by Charles De Lint.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Chock full of great old and new fantasy & horror writers.
23 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
A great way to sample the best old and new writers in the fantasy and horror genres. As with previous annual anthologies in the series, Datlow and Windling have pulled together a great collection, all stories drawn from books, chapbooks, and magazines published in the year 2000. The stories come from all over the globe, wherever weird stories are published in an English-language edition--Canada, USA, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia. Besides a sampling of the best stories, there are wrap-ups of the year in both genres (fantasy & horror), necrology of persons related to the fields, overviews of magazines, ezines, books, movies, recordings, personalities, and so much more, including the titles, authors, and sources of the stories which made Honorable Mention but didn't get in. A cornucopia of information on horror and fantasy in the Year 2000. No mistake this volume is the size and weight of a seminarian's study Bible; it is the bible of the two genres, and a bargain for the money.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Year's Best F&H 13
15 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
I have to confess embarrassment here. 14 and 13 got mixed up, perhaps on Amazon, perhaps just in my head. This review is of 13.
I felt this was one of the weakest volumes of this anthology yet.
I read these as much for the introduction, giving the "state of the industry" and recommending books, as for the stories. I was disappointed therefore that that section in this volume was very short and few books were mentioned. I've read some of the recommended books and found them to be of low quality, making me wonder if the editors had really read them. On the other hand, though I haven't checked publication dates, I'm pretty sure some good work came out in 2000 that was not mentioned.
On to the stories: The editors of this series consistently make an effort to scour the globe for the "best" fantasy and horror stories. I rarely like their more exotic findings, since literature in translation (not to mention kooky magic realism without plot) tends not to work for me. This edition seemed to have more translated and out-of-left-field stories than others, which weakened it for me. Overall, the quality of the stories seemed rather low, particularly in the area of horror, though there was one nice story about a haunted house.
Standouts here are Gilman's incomprehensible but gorgeously poetic folktale story and a wonderful novella by John Crowley based on a selkie ballad. Nalo Hopkinson's story, despite a rather unsupported character twist, also is worth reading.
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