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Published by Locus Press, 2006
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- Title
- Fantasy : The Very Best of 2005
- Publisher
- Locus Press
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0978621018
- ISBN 13
- 9780978621018
- Item weight
- 0.96 pounds
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Reviews
Starred Review. Strahan's wonderful "best of" anthology provides a little something for everyone, from traditional fantasy that pays homage to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and M.R. James to slipstream wackiness that defies categorization. Of the 16 stories, the three standouts are Peter Beagle's gorgeous return to his Last Unicorn world, "Two Hearts"; Jane Yolen's scary classic Scotland-infused witch fantasy, "A Knot of Toads"; and Richard Bowes's "There's a Hole in the City," a gripping 9/11 ghost story. Other highlights include Neil Gaiman's funny epicurean adventure, "Sunbird"; Paul Di Filippo's delightful cyberfantasy, "The Emperor of Gondwanaland"; Theodora Goss's bittersweet fairy tale about grief recovery, "Pip and the Fairies"; Bruce Sterling's powerful fable, "The Denial"; and Kelly Link's hilarious campfire chiller, "Monster." Four tales overlap with a rival anthology, Fantasy: The Best of the Year (2006 Edition) (Reviews, July 31). (Sept.)
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Strahan's "very best" selection has a deliciously large quotient of left-field choices, beginning with Charles Stross' Scots-dialect devil's-bargain tale, "Snowball's Chance," and including Jeffrey Ford's "Boatman's Holiday" (the boatman in question is Charon); Christopher Barzak's "The Language of Moths," one of whose narrators is autistic; M Rickert's wrenching substitutionary atonement parable, "Anyway"; Seana Graham's genially feminist confection, "The Pirate's True Love"; Ellen Klages' vision of God's childhood in "Intelligent Design"; Simon Brown's touching "Leviathan"; and Bruce Sterling's sad glimpse of the Balkan past, "The Denial." And Kelly Link's "Monster" is characteristically peculiar, thanks to her peerless mastery of tone, which in this tale suggests Emo Philips interpreting Lovecraft. To balance all the flat-out outre-ness, Strahan offers a sturdy, traditional witchcraft chiller, Jane Yolen's "A Knot of Toads," and Richard Bowes' melancholy 9/11 ghost story, "There's a Hole in the City." Ray Olson
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Strahan's "very best" selection has a deliciously large quotient of left-field choices, beginning with Charles Stross' Scots-dialect devil's-bargain tale, "Snowball's Chance," and including Jeffrey Ford's "Boatman's Holiday" (the boatman in question is Charon); Christopher Barzak's "The Language of Moths," one of whose narrators is autistic; M Rickert's wrenching substitutionary atonement parable, "Anyway"; Seana Graham's genially feminist confection, "The Pirate's True Love"; Ellen Klages' vision of God's childhood in "Intelligent Design"; Simon Brown's touching "Leviathan"; and Bruce Sterling's sad glimpse of the Balkan past, "The Denial." And Kelly Link's "Monster" is characteristically peculiar, thanks to her peerless mastery of tone, which in this tale suggests Emo Philips interpreting Lovecraft. To balance all the flat-out outre-ness, Strahan offers a sturdy, traditional witchcraft chiller, Jane Yolen's "A Knot of Toads," and Richard Bowes' melancholy 9/11 ghost story, "There's a Hole in the City." Ray Olson
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