- Paperback: 624 pages
- Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; 12 edition (18 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312206860
- ISBN-13: 978-0312206864
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,653,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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"
"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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This annual series continues its selection of the finest fantasy and horror stories from the field's leading writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Charles de Lint, Terry Dowling and others. Also included is a summary of 1999 in fantasy films and an exhaustive list of "honourable mentions".
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The one Indispensible book if you love fantastic literature.,
By Geir Uldal (Bergen, Norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: No. 12 (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror) (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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3.8 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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more horror this year?,
By "silo1013" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: No. 12 (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror) (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:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good fiction, poor overview,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: No. 12 (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror) (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:
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Best yet,
By Jack Fisher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: No. 12 (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror) (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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