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9780192803825

The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories

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    9780192803825

  • ISBN10:

    0192803824

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-17
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

'So you won't sell me your soul?' said the Devil.'Thank you,' replied the student, 'I had rather keep it myself, if it's all thesame to you.'So begins this rich and intriguing collection of fantasy stories. Figures suchas the devil, trolls and werewolves, sorcerers and dragons have long been partof the human psyche, and the authors of these marvellous tales draw upon thisdeep well of images, characters, and landscapes with great imagination andsubtlety.With thirty-one tales by writers as diverse as John Buchan and Mervyn Peake,Angela Carter and Terry Pratchett, this is an anthology for the newcomer anddedicated fan alike.

Author Biography


Tom Shippey holds the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at St Louis University, Missouri, specializing in Medieval Literature, Old English Arthurian and Romance Literature, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. He has written and edited numerous books, including J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (2001).

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
The Demon Pope (1888)
1(8)
Richard Garnett
The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth (1908)
9(14)
Lord Dunsany
Through the Dragon Glass (1917)
23(12)
Abraham Merritt
The Nameless City (1921)
35(11)
H. P. Lovecraft
The Wind in the Portico (1928)
46(20)
John Buchan
The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
66(22)
Robert E. Howard
Xeethra (1934)
88(17)
Clark Ashton Smith
Jirel Meets Magic (1935)
105(30)
Catherine L. Moore
The Bleak Shore (1940)
135(9)
Fritz Leiber
Homecoming (1947)
144(12)
Ray Bradbury
See You Later (1949)
156(18)
Henry Kuttner
Liane the Wayfarer (1950)
174(10)
Jack Vance
The Desrick on Yandro (1952)
184(11)
Manly Wade Wellman
The Silken-Swift... (1953)
195(17)
Theodore Sturgeon
Operation Afreet (1956)
212(26)
Poul Anderson
The Singular Events which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley off of Eye Street (1962)
238(6)
Avram Davidson
The Sudden Wings (1962)
244(19)
Thomas Burnett Swann
Same Time, Same Place (1963)
263(8)
Mervyn Peake
Timothy (1966)
271(12)
Keith Roberts
The Kings of the Sea (1968)
283(17)
Sterling E. Lanier
Not Long Before the End (1969)
300(11)
Larry Niven
The Wager Lost by Winning (1970)
311(31)
John Brunner
Lila the Werewolf (1974)
342(19)
Peter S. Beagle
Johanna (1978)
361(3)
Jane Yolen
The Erl-King (1979)
364(8)
Angela Carter
Beyond the Dead Reef (1983)
372(16)
James Tiptree Jr.
Subworld (1983)
388(21)
Phyllis Eisenstein
Bite-Me-Not or Fleur de Fur (1984)
409(24)
Tanith Lee
The Night of White Bhairab (1984)
433(31)
Lucius Shepard
Thorn (1986)
464(16)
Robert Holdstock
Troll Bridge (1992)
480(9)
Terry Pratchett
Select Bibliography 489(5)
Sources 494(4)
Source Acknowledgements 498

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