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Strange Dreams
| Author: | Stephen R. Donaldson |
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HarperCollins UK, 1993 Bantam Spectra, 1993 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
In this collection, the author has gathered 27 short works of fantasy that represent to him the essence of the genre. These are the "strange dreams" that stir the heart and mind, written by authors past and present.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Aleph - (1970) - short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of El Aleph 1945)
- Lady of the Skulls - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
- As Above, So Below - (1980) - short story by John M. Ford
- Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory - (1979) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
- Narrow Valley - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
- The Dreamstone - (1979) - short story by C. J. Cherryh
- The Storming of Annie Kinsale - (1984) - short story by Lucius Shepard
- Green Magic - (1963) - short story by Jack Vance
- The Mark of the Beast - (1890) - short story by Rudyard Kipling
- The Big Dream - (1984) - novelette by John Kessel
- The House of Compassionate Sharers - (1977) - novelette by Michael Bishop
- The Fallen Country - (1982) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
- Strata - (1980) - novelette by Edward Bryant
- And Now the News ... - (1956) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
- The White Horse Child - (1979) - short story by Greg Bear
- Prince Shadowbow - (1985) - short story by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighborhood - (1984) - short story by Rachel Pollack
- Consequences - [Liavek] - (1988) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
- The Stone Fey - (1985) - novelette by Robin McKinley
- Close of Night - (1984) - short story by Daphne Castell
- Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands - (1987) - short story by Garry Kilworth
- Longtooth - (1970) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
- My Rose and My Glove - (1984) - short story by Harvey Jacobs
- With the Original Cast - (1982) - novelette by Nancy Kress
- In the Penal Colony - (1948) - novelette by Franz Kafka (trans. of In der Strafkolonie 1919)
- Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - short story by Harlan Ellison
- Air Raid - (1977) - short story by John Varley
- The Dancer from the Dance - (1985) - short story by M. John Harrison
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