The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson

Stephen R. Donaldson

ISBN 10: 159606367X / ISBN 13: 9781596063679

Published by Subterranean, 2011

About this Item

1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the lovely dustjacket is in a protective Brodart cover. No price clippings, no remainder marks. Youll feel as though youve had a meal of aliantha and diamondraught; youll be shouting Giant-songs; youll be wreathed in wild magic and crying Fire and blood! in spite of yourself, just for fun, once this book is in your hands!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best of Stephen R. Donaldson
• Publisher: Subterranean
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159606367X
• ISBN 13: 9781596063679
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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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.