The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson

SHEEHAN, Bill, Editor

ISBN 10: 159606367X / ISBN 13: 9781596063679

Published by Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 2011

About this Item

Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 438 pp. Near fine in original cloth boards with a bump to head edge of text block and near fine pictorial dust jacket with minor wear to edges.

Seller Inventory # 7702

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson
• Publisher: Subterranean Press, Burton, MI
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159606367X
• ISBN 13: 9781596063679
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Horror

About this title

Synopsis

Offers a collection of eleven stories and novellas ranging from horror and high fantasy to contemporary spiritual drama and action-oriented science fiction.

From the Inside Flap

Although best known for such epic accomplishments as the ongoing Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and the multi-volume Gap Cycle, Stephen R. Donaldson has also written some of the most distinctive short fiction of recent decades. This generous collection brings together much of the best of that shorter work and provides an ideal showcase for its author s depth, versatility, and consummate literary artistry.Included here are eleven stories and novellas that run the gamut from horror ( The Conqueror Worm ) to high fantasy ( Daughter of Regals ), from contemporary spiritual drama ( Unworthy of the Angel ) to action-oriented SF ( Animal Lover ), together with such uncategorizable gems as The Killing Stroke, with its unique combination of magic and martial arts, and The Woman Who Loved Pigs, an astonishing account of personal transformation and long-delayed revenge.In settings that range from the deeply familiar to the wholly imagined, The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson offers a gallery of tales that have the resonance and moral complexity of compact novels. Beneath their often-gaudy surfaces, they show us very real people who confront, and sometimes overcome, extreme adversity, who struggle to find balance and harmony in an inherently chaotic universe. Each story is the clear product of a master storyteller. Each demands and rewards repeated readings. Together, they form one of the cornerstone volumes of modern fantasy, a book that will be read and treasured by Donaldson s many fans, and by anyone who values imaginative literature at its finest.