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from: Berkley Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876608377
EAN: 9780425215180
ISBN: 0425215180
Label: Berkley Hardcover
Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Sales Rank: 280462
Studio: Berkley Hardcover
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Never-before-published stories by Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, Garth Nix, and a magical lineup of writers.
Throughout the ages, the wizard has claimed a spot in human culture-from the shadowy spiritual leaders of early man to precocious characters in blockbuster films. Gone are the cartoon images of wizened gray-haired men in pointy caps creating magic with a wave of their wands. Today's wizards are more subtle in their powers, more discerning in their ways, and-in the hands of modern fantasists-more likely than ever to capture readers' imaginations.
In Neil Gaiman's 'The Witch's Headstone,' a piece taken from his much-anticipated novel in progress, an eight-year-old boy learns the power of kindness from a long-dead sorceress. Only one woman possesses two kinds of magic-enough to unite two kingdoms-in Garth Nix's 'Holly and Iron.' Patricia A. McKillip's 'Naming Day' gives a sorcery student a lesson in breaking the rules. And a famished dove spins a tale worthy of a meal, but perhaps not the truth, in 'A Fowl Tale' by Eoin Colfer.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Magical Mini-Vacation!
Reviewed by Jeannine R. Burkholder
on 07/13/2008
Fantasy stories ignite the imagination in ways that realistic fiction can not. Characters are larger than life. Conflicts mean life and death - often for an entire race or culture.
In this collection, editors Dann and Dozois, have collected unpublished short stories from a variety of well-known fantasy authors. Each story is about a wizard, but rarely do they appear in the pointed hat and starry cape (like the one ... Read More
Rating: - Courtesy of Teens Read Too
You may think you know wizards. You may think you know magic. But the wizards in these stories just might have a few surprising tricks up their sleeves.
"The Witch's Headstone" contains a dead sorceress who's more kind than creepy, despite the warnings to the contrary. "Holly and Iron" centers around an ancient magical battle where one unprepared woman could unite or destroy two races. In "The Ruby Incomparable" the only daughter of Good and Evil has mastered most of the secrets ... Read More
Rating:  - Not Free SF Reader
Looks like a case of trying to sell to more people for what is basically a book for younger children in the main, and even when I was 8 I would have thought a bunch of these stories were lame.
A few do stand out, Gaiman's is amusing enough to interest adults. Card's story has more depth. However, the clear best story is easily Elizabeth Hand's tale of supernatural Icelandia in Maine. The only one that veers close to the dark end of the specturm, anyway, along with Beagle and Card to ... Read More
Rating:  - High quality fantasy collection
"Wizards" is an outstanding collection of fantasy stories featuring some of the best known authors working in the genre. Some of the authors (Card, Kress, Gaiman), I was pretty familiar with. Some I knew only by reputation and a few were completely new to me. I found these stories were a great way to get at least a small feel for an author's style, although obviously it would be folly to judge an author on the basis of one story.
This collection is a nice mix of contemporary stories and more traditional ... Read More
Rating: - Best Collection of Fantasy Short Stories
I am only halfway through the book but I already love every stories so far. I loan it from the library but will have to buy one now for my "reference" Sci-Fi/Fantasy shelf. Absolutely the best I've read, are there more like these colletions out there? If you know please let me know!!!
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