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Stories of the unreal, of trolls and werewolves, spells and sorcerers and magic lands, have been part of the human psyche for as long as there are records. In the present century, far from being outdated by the rise of technology and science fiction, fantasy has once more become a major literary genre expressive of the deepest feelings about humanity and its relation to the natural world. In The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, Tom Shippey brings together thirty-one short fantasy stories from the last years of the nineteenth century to the immediate present. The anthology shows both the development of the fantasy genre over time and the range of individual talents it has embraced, from Lord Dunsany and H.P. Lovecraft through Ray Bradbury, Mervyn Peake, Larry Niven, and Angela Carter, to the latest creations of Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, and Terry Pratchett. In addition to these marvelous tales, Shippey also provides a thoughtful introduction that discusses the nature of fantasy, and he includes an extensive bibliography listing single author collections and anthologies of fantasy writings as well as works of criticism. For established readers of fantasy fiction, Tom Shippey's selection will offer many forgotten gems, and for those less familiar with the genre, it forms an ideal introduction to perhaps the purest of literary pleasures.
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justin demonceau
reviewed The Oxford book of fantasy stories on August 20, 2017
The Oxford book of fantasy stories
A really interesting read. My first introduction to "The Silken-Swift" and "Bite me not or fleur de fur", both awesome stories.
Contents:
The demon pope /​ Richard Garnett
The fortress unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth /​ Lord Dunsany
Through the dragon glass /​ Abraham Merritt
The nameless city /​ H. P. Lovecraft
The wind in the portico /​ John Buchan
The tower of the elphant /​ Robert E. Howard
Xeethra /​ Clark Ashton Smith
Jirel meets magic /​ Catherine L. Moore
The bleak shore /​ Fritz Leiber
Homecoming /​ Ray Bradbury
See you later /​ Henry Kuttner
Liane the wayfarer /​ Jack Vance
The desrick on Yandro /​ Manly Wade Wellman
The silken-swift /​ Theodore Sturgeon
Operation Afreet /​ Poul Anderson
The singular events which occurred in the hovel on the alley off of eye street /​ Avram Davidson
The sudden Wings /​ Thomas Burnett Swann
Same time, same place /​ Mervyn Peake
Timothy /​ Keith Roberts
The kings of the sea /​ Sterling E. Lanier
Not long before the end /​ Larry Niven
The wager lost by winning /​ John Brunner
Lila the werewolf /​ Peter S. Beagle
Johanna /​ Jane Yolen
The Erl-king /​ Angela Carter
Beyond the dead reef /​ James Tiptree Jr.
Subworld Phyllis Eisenstein
Bite-me-not or fleur de fur /​ Tanith Lee
The night of white Bhairab /​ Lucius Shepard
Thorn /​ Robert Holdstock
Troll Bridge /​ Terry Pratchett.
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