ADVANCED SEARCH  

Support WWEnd

WWEnd Blog

WWEnd BookTrackr™

Synopsis

WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER

A true horde of fantasy tales sure to delight fans, scholars, and even the greediest of dragons--from bestselling authors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

Step through a shimmering portal... a worn wardrobe door... a schism in sky... into a bold new age of fantasy. When worlds beyond worlds became a genre unto itself. From the swinging sixties to the strange, strange seventies, the over-the-top eighties to the gnarly nineties--and beyond, into the twenty-first century--the VanderMeers have found the stories and the writers from around the world that reinvented and revitalized the fantasy genre after World War II. The stories in this collection represent twenty-two different countries, including Russia, Argentina, Nigeria, Columbia, Pakistan, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, China, the Philippines, and the Czech Republic. Five have never before been translated into English.

From Jorge Luis Borges to Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock to Angela Carter, Terry Pratchett to Stephen King, the full range and glory of the fantastic are on display in these ninety-one stories in which dragons soar, giants stomp, and human children should still think twice about venturing alone into the dark forest.

Excerpt

Contents:

• xiii - Introduction (The Big Book of Modern Fantasy) - essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
• 3 - Ten Rounds with Grandfather Clock - (1946) - short story by Maurice Richardson
• 7 - The Circular Valley - (1950) - short story by Paul Bowles
• 13 - Signs and Symbols - (1948) - short story by Vladimir Nabokov
• 17 - The Zahir - (1998) - short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of El Zahir 1947)
• 23 - Liane the Wayfarer - [Dying Earth] - (1950) - short story by Jack Vance
• 30 - Poolwana's Orchid - (2018) - short story by Edgar Mittelholzer
• 43 - The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles - (1951) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 46 - O Ugly Bird! - [John the Balladeer] - (1951) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 57 - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (excerpt) - short fiction by Amos Tutuola
• 66 - A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - (1972) - short story by Gabriel García Márquez (trans. of Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes 1955)
• 71 - The Anything Box - (1956) - short story by Zenna Henderson
• 80 - Lean Times in Lankhmar - [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] - (1959) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• 102 - The Dreaming City - [The Elric Saga] - (1961) - novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 120 - Travel - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Viajes 1962)
• 121 - On the Preservation of Memories - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Conservación de los recuerdos 1962)
• 121 - Clocks - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Relojes 1962)
• 121 - The Lunch - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of El almuerzo 1962)
• 122 - Handkerchiefs - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Pañuelos 1962)
• 122 - Business - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Comercio 1962)
• 122 - Philanthropy - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Filantropía 1962)
• 123 - The Public Highways - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of The Public Highways 1962)
• 123 - Song of the Cronopios - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of El canto de los cronopios 1962)
• 123 - Story - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Historia 1962)
• 124 - The Narrow Spoonful - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of La cucharada estrecha 1962)
• 124 - The Photo Came Out Blurred - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of La foto salió movida 1962)
• 124 - Eugenics - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Eugenesia 1962)
• 124 - His Faith in the Sciences - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Su fe en las ciencias 1962)
• 125 - Never Stop the Presses - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Never Stop the Presses 1962)
• 125 - Improprieties in Public Space - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Inconvenientes en los servicios públicos 1962)
• 126 - Make Yourself at Home - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Haga como si estuviera en casa 1962)
• 126 - Therapies - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Terapias 1962)
• 127 - The Particular and the Universal - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Lo particular y lo universal 1962)
• 127 - The Explorers - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Los exploradores 1962)
• 127 - Education of the Prince - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Educación de príncipe 1962)
• 128 - Place the Stamp in the Upper Right-Hand Corner of the Envelope - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Pegue la estampilla en el ángulosuperior derecho del sobre 1962)
• 128 - Telegrams - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Telegramas 1962)
• 129 - Lion and Cronopio - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of León y cronopio 1962)
• 129 - Condor and Cronopio - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Cóndor y cronopio 1962)
• 129 - Flower and Cronopio - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Flor y cronopio 1962)
• 129 - Fama and Eucalyptus - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Fama y eucalipto 1962)
• 129 - Turtles and Cronopio - (1969) - short story by Julio Cortázar (trans. of Tortugas y cronopios 1962)
• 130 - Kaya-Kalp (Metamorphosis) - short story by Intizar Husain
• 135 - The Last Dragon in the World - [Moomins] - (1963) - short story by Tove Jansson (trans. of Historien om den sista draken i världen 1962)
• 135 - The Last Dragon in the World - interior artwork by Tove Jansson
• 142 - The Drowned Giant - (1964) - short story by J. G. Ballard
• 149 - The Monster - (2005) - short fiction by Satu Waltari (trans. of Hirviö 1964)
• 161 - Narrow Valley - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 169 - The Sinister Apartment (Excerpt from The Master and Margarita) - short fiction by Mikhail Bulgakov
• 176 - The Origin of the Birds - (1969) - short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of L'origine degli Uccelli 1967)
• 183 - The Prey - (2003) - short story by Bilge Karasu (trans. of Avindan el alan 1980)
• 191 - The Topless Tower - (2010) - novella by Silvina Ocampo (trans. of La torre sin fin 1968)
• 212 - The Barbarian - [Alyx] - (1968) - novelette by Joanna Russ
• 224 - The Youngest Doll - (1989) - short story by Rosario Ferré (trans. of La muñenca menor 1972)
• 228 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - (1973) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 233 - Ark of Bones - (1974) - short story by Henry Dumas
• 241 - Winged Creatures - (1977) - novelette by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• 253 - Linnaeus Forgets - (1977) - short story by Fred Chappell
• 262 - The Erl-King - (1994) - short story by Angela Carter (variant of The Erlking 1977)
• 267 - The Great Night of the Trains - (2018) - short story by Sara Gallardo (trans. of La gran noche de los trenes 1977)
• 271 - The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers - [Neveryon] - (1979) - novelette by Samuel R. Delany
• 288 - The White Horse Child - (1979) - short story by Greg Bear
• 299 - The Dreamstone - [Dreamstone (early versions)] - (1979) - short story by C. J. Cherryh
• 307 - Five Letters from an Eastern Empire - (1979) - novella by Alasdair Gray
• 327 - The Ice Dragon - [A Song of Ice and Fire Universe] - (1980) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 338 - One Time - (1981) - poem by Leslie Marmon Silko
• 343 - Sister Light, Sister Dark - (1983) - short story by Jane Yolen
• 352 - The Luck in the Head - [Viriconium] - (1984) - novelette by M. John Harrison
• 366 - Warlock at the Wheel - juvenile - [Chrestomanci] - (1984) - short story by Diana Wynne Jones
• 374 - Mrs. Todd's Shortcut - [Castle Rock] - (1984) - novelette by Stephen King
• 389 - On the Dark Side of the Station Where the Train Never Stops - (1984) - short story by Pat Murphy
• 396 - After the Hurricane - (1985) - short story by Edgardo Sanabria Santaliz (trans. of Después del huracán 1984)
• 403 - The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighborhood - (1990) - short story by Rachel Pollack (variant of The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighbourhood 1984)
• 409 - The Bystander - short fiction by Leena Krohn
• 413 - Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme - (1986) - short story by Karen Joy Fowler (variant of Wild Boys)
• 422 - The Mole King - short story by Marie Hermanson (trans. of Mullvadskungen 1986)
• 432 - What the Tapster Saw - (1998) - short story by Ben Okri
• 437 - The Fool - (1987) - novelette by David Drake
• 458 - The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico - (2012) - short story by Antonio Tabucchi (trans. of I volatili del Beato Angelico 1987)
• 463 - A Mexican Fairy Tale - (1988) - short story by Leonora Carrington
• 468 - The Boy in the Tree - (1989) - novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• 486 - TV People - (1990) - short story by Haruki Murakami
• 497 - Alice in Prague or The Curious Room - (1990) - short story by Angela Carter
• 506 - Moon Songs - (1990) - short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 513 - The Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII - (1996) - short story by Victor Pelevin
• 520 - The Fellowship of the Dragon - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip [as by Patricia McKillip]
• 533 - Troll Bridge - [Discworld] - (1992) - short story by Terry Pratchett
• 539 - Longing for Blood - novelette by Vilma Kadlecková (trans. of Mé rty budou toužit po krvi 1995)
• 560 - A Brief Visit to Bonnyville - (1995) - short story by D. F. Lewis
• 566 - Travels with the Snow Queen - (1996) - novelette by Kelly Link
• 577 - The Neurosis of Containment - (1996) - short story by Rikki Ducornet
• 586 - The Darktree Wheel - [Robin Darktree] - (1998) - novella by Rhys Hughes
• 608 - Fœtus? - short story by Shelley Jackson (variant of Foetus 2002)
• 612 - Tan-Tan and Dry Bone - (1999) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• 620 - Where Does the Town Go at Night? - (1999) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• 635 - Pop Art - (2001) - novelette by Joe Hill
• 648 - State Secrets of Aphasia - (2002) - novelette by Stepan Chapman
• 669 - The Window - (2019) - short story by Tatyana Tolstaya
• 677 - The Weight of Words - (2002) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• 694 - All the Water in the World - (2011) - short story by Han Song
• 700 - The Kite of Stars - (2015) - short story by Dean Francis Alfar (variant of L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) 2003)
• 706 - Mogo - short story by Alberto Chimal (trans. of Mogo 2003)
• 715 - The Malady of Ghostly Cities - (2003) - short story by Nathan Ballingrud
• 718 - End of the Line - (2005) - short story by Aimee Bender
• 723 - I Left My Heart in Skaftafell - (2004) - short story by Victor LaValle
• 732 - The Grassdreaming Tree - (2004) - short story by Sheree Renée Thomas
• 740 - La Peau Verte - (2005) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• 756 - A Hard Truth About Waste Management - (2006) - short story by Sumanth Prabhaker
• 759 - Bufo Rex - (2007) - short story by Erik Amundsen
• 763 - The Arrest of the Great Mimille - novelette by Antoine Volodine (trans. of L'arrestation de la grande Mimille 2007) [as by Manuela Draeger]
• 781 - Aunts - (2011) - short story by Karin Tidbeck (trans. of Tanterna 2007)
• 785 - For Life - novelette by Marta Kisiel (trans. of Dozywocie 2007)
• 809 - The Spring of Dongke Temple - short story by Qitongren
• 814 - The Wordeaters - (2008) - short story by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
• 819 - Creature - (2008) - short story by Ramsey Shehadeh
• 827 - Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe - [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] - (2008) - novelette by Garth Nix
• 846 - The Bear Dresser's Secret - (2009) - short story by Richard Bowes
• 850 - Table with Ocean - short story by Alberto Chimal (trans. of Mesa con mar 2009)
• 853 - The Jinn Darazgosh: A Fable Relating How the Curiosity of a Jinn Led to Unhappy Results and Brought About the Closure of the Heavens Upon His Race - (2010) - short story by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Copyright © 2020 by Ann VanderMeer

Copyright © 2020 by Jeff VanderMeer

Reviews

There are currently no reviews for this novel. Be the first to submit one! You must be logged in to submit a review in the BookTrackr section above.

Images

No alternate cover images currently exist for this novel.