Аннотация

This ingenious anthology posits that fantasy fiction is on a new path: series novels that chronicle epic adventures have been joined by tales where mythology, fairy tales, and archetypes are fully re-imagined into a new modern literature. Anthologist and author Peter S. Beagle represents both the traditional and the new, having written the introduction to The Lord of the Rings as well as the inventive fantasy novel, The Last Unicorn. In this exciting, canonic volume, Beagle showcases gifted writers who began to rediscover older fantasy classics and to redefine fantasy in their own unique voices. Innovative authors in this anthology include Robert Holdstock, Gregory Maguire, Neal Gaiman, Francesca Lia Block, Steven Millhauser, and others who have lead the way to expanding imaginative frontiers. From the depths of an dangerous English forest to the staircase at the edge of the world, on a caffeinated journey to the empire of ice cream to the maze in the Barnum museum, you'll discover the wonder of favorite childhood tales made modern and fresh once again.
Introduction by PETER S. BEAGLE
1 MAUREEN F. MCHUGH ..... Ancestor Money
2 GREGORY MAGUIRE ..... Scarecrow
3 PATRICIA A.MCKILLI ..... Lady Of The Skulls
4 T. C. BOYLE ..... We Are Norsemen
5 STEVEN MILLHAUSER ..... The Barnum Museum
6 STEPHEN KING ..... Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
7 TERRY BISSON ..... Bears Discover Fire
8 FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK ..... Bones M
9 NEIL GAIMAN ...... Snow, Glass, Apples
10 ALMEE BENDER ...... Fruit And Words
11 JEFFREY FORD ...... The Empire Of Ice Cream
12 MICHAEL SWANWICK ...... The Edge Of The World
13 JONATHAN LETHEM ..... Super Goat Man
14 SUSANNA CLARKE ...... John Uskglass And The Cumbrian Charcoal Burner
15 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER ..... The Book Of Martha
16 PETER S. BEAGLE ...... Sleight Of Hand
17 ROBERT HOLDSTOCK ..... Mythago Wood
18 KIJ JOHNSON ..... 26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss
Appendix 1: URSULA K. LE GUIN ....... The Critics, The Monsters, And The Fantasists
Appendix 2: DAVID G. HARTWELL ...... The Making Of The American Fantasy Genre