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Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds Of Fantasy
''Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy'' is a series of twelve themed paperback fantasy and science fiction anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, a companion set to the ten volume ''Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction'', produced by the same editors. It was published by New American Library, Signet/New American Library from 1983 to 1991. Volumes 1 and 2 were also issued in hardcover in an omnibus collection titled ''Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards''. Each volume in the series featured stories devoted to a different fantastic theme, as indicated in the individual volume titles. Most volumes also included an introduction by Isaac Asimov, Asimov. The series # ''Wizards (Asimov anthology), Wizards'' (1983) # ''Witches (anthology), Witches'' (1984) # ''Cosmic Knights'' (1985) # ''Spells (anthology), Spells'' (1985) # ''Giants (anthology), Giants'' (1985) # ''Mythical Beasties'' (1986) # ''Magical Wi ...
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Giants (anthology)
''Giants'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of giants edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the fifth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in November 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987. The book collects twelve novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Introduction: Giants in the Earth" (Isaac Asimov) *"The Riddle of Ragnarok" ( Theodore Sturgeon) *"Straggler from Atlantis" (Manly Wade Wellman) *"He Who Shrank" (Henry Hasse) *"From the Dark Waters" (David Drake) *"Small Lords" (Frederik Pohl) *" The Mad Planet" ( Murray Leinster) *"Dreamworld" (Isaac Asimov) *"The Thirty and One" ( David H. Keller, M.D.) *"The Law-Twister Shorty" ( Gordon R. Dickson) *"In the Lower Pa ...
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Science Fiction Anthologies
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek ma ...
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Fantasy Anthologies
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ( ...
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Faeries (anthology)
''Faeries'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of fairies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the twelfth and last volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Roc/New American Library in 1991. It was reprinted in trade paperback by Barnes & Noble Books in 2000. The book has also been translated into Italian. The book collects eighteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Fairyland" (Isaac Asimov) *"How the Fairies Came to Ireland" ( Herminie Templeton) *"The Manor of Roses" ( Thomas Burnett Swann) *"The Fairy Prince" (H. C. Bailey) *"The Ugly Unicorn" (Jessica Amanda Salmonson) *"The Brownie of the Black Haggs" ( James Hogg) *" The Dream of Akinosuké" (Lafcadio Hearn) *"Elfinland" (Johann Ludwig Tieck) *"Darby O'Gill and the Good People" ( Herminie ...
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Curses (anthology)
''Curses'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of curses edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the eleventh volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in September 1989. The book collects seventeen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Introduction: Malevolence" (Isaac Asimov) *"The Curse" (Arthur C. Clarke) *"Julia Cahill's Curse" ( George Moore) *"The Red Swimmer" (Robert Bloch) *"The Doom of the Griffiths" (Elizabeth Gaskell) *"You Know Willie" (Theodore R. Cogswell) *"Trouble with Water" (Horace L. Gold) *"Mad Monkton" ( Wilkie Collins) *"Long Chromachy of the Crows" (Seumas MacManus) *"The Little Black Train" ( Manly Wade Wellman) *"The Curse of the Catafalques" (F. Anstey) *"A Séance in Summer" ( Mario Martin, Jr.) ...
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Ghosts (anthology)
''Ghosts'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of ghosts edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the tenth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in December 1988. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in October 1989. The book collects fourteen novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Introduction: Ghosts" (Isaac Asimov) *"Ringing the Changes" ( Robert Aickman) *" Author! Author!" (Isaac Asimov) *"Touring" ( Michael Swanwick, Gardner Dozois and Jack M. Dann) *"The Wind in the Rose-Bush" (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman) *"Come Dance With Me On My Pony's Grave" (Charles L. Grant) *"The Fire When It Comes" (Parke Godwin) *"The Toll-House" (W. W. Jacobs) *"The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost" ( Russell ...
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Atlantis (anthology)
''Atlantis'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of Atlantis edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the ninth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in January 1988. The book collects eleven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Introduction: The Lost City" (Isaac Asimov) *"Treaty in Tartessos" ( Karen Anderson) *"The Vengeance of Ulios" ( Edmond Hamilton) *"Scar-Tissue" (Henry S. Whitehead) *"The Double Shadow" (Clark Ashton Smith) *"The Dweller in the Temple" (Manly Wade Wellman) *"Gone Fishing" ( J. A. Pollard) *"The Lamp" (L. Sprague de Camp) *"The Shadow Kingdom" (Robert E. Howard) *"The New Atlantis" (Ursula K. Le Guin) *"Dragon Moon" (Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an Americ ...
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Devils (anthology)
''Devils'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of devils or demons edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the eighth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in June 1987. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in 1989. The book collects eighteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"The Devil" ntroduction(Isaac Asimov) *"I'm Dangerous Tonight" (Cornell Woolrich) *"The Devil in Exile" (Brian Cleeve) *"The Cage" ( Ray Russell) *" The Tale of Ivan the Fool" (Leo Tolstoy) *"The Shepherds" (Ruth Sawyer) *"He Stepped on the Devil's Tail" ( Winston K. Marks) *"Rustle of Wings" (Fredric Brown) *"That Hell-Bound Train" (Robert Bloch) *"Added Inducement" ( Robert F. Young) *"The Devil and Daniel Webst ...
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Magical Wishes
''Magical Wishes'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of wishes edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the seventh volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in November 1986. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987. The book collects sixteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Introduction: Wishing Will Make It So" (Isaac Asimov) *" The Monkey's Paw" (W. W. Jacobs) *"Behind the News" ( Jack Finney) *"The Flight of the Umbrella" (Marvin Kaye) *"Tween" ( J. F. Bone) *"The Boy Who Brought Love" ( Edward D. Hoch) *"The Vacation" (Ray Bradbury) *"The Anything Box" (Zenna Henderson) *"A Born Charmer" (Edward P. Hughes) *" What If ..." (Isaac Asimov) *"Millennium" ( Fredric Brown) *"Dream ...
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Mythical Beasties
''Mythical Beasties'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of legendary creatures edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the sixth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in May 1986. The first British edition was issued under the alternate title ''Mythic Beasts'' in trade paperback by Robinson in 1988. The book collects thirteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors. Contents *"Centaur Fielder for the Yankees" ( Edward D. Hoch) *"The Ice Dragon" (George R. R. Martin) *"Prince Prigio" ( Andrew Lang) *"The Gorgon" ( Tanith Lee) *"The Griffin and the Minor Canon" (Frank R. Stockton) *"The Kragen" ( Jack Vance) *" The Little Mermaid" (Hans Christian Andersen) *"Letters from Laura" (Mildred Clingerman) *"The Triumph of Pegasus" ( Frank A. Javor) *"Caution! Inflammable!" ...
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Spells (anthology)
''Spells'' is an anthology of Theme (narrative), themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of Spell (paranormal), spells edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the fourth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by New American Library, Signet/New American Library in May 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in 1988. The book collects twelve novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"Curses!" (introduction) (Isaac Asimov) *"The Candidate" (Henry Slesar) *"The Christmas Shadrach" (Frank R. Stockton) *"The Snow Women" (Fritz Leiber) *"Invisible Boy" (Ray Bradbury) *"The Hero Who Returned" (Gerald W. Page) *"Toads of Grimmerdale" (Andre Norton) *"A Literary Death" (Martin H. Greenberg) *"Satan and Sam Shay" (Robert Arthur Jr., Robert Arthur) *"Lot No. 249 ...
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