anthology: YEAR´S BEST FANTASY 3

The door to fantastic worlds, skewed realities, and breathtaking other realms is opened wide to you once more in this third anthology of the finest short fantasy fiction to emerge over the past year, compiled by acclaimed editor David G. Hartwell. Rarely has a more magnificent collection of tales been contained between book covers -- phenomenal visions of the impossible-made-possible by some of the field's most accomplished literary artists and stellar talents on the rise. Year's Best Fantasy 3 is a heady brew of magic and wonder, strange journeys and epic quests, boldly concocted by the likes of Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Swanwick, Tanith Lee, and others. Step into a dimension beyond the limits of ordinary imagination . . . and be amazed!

CONTENTS:

• Her Father´s Eyes (Kage Baker)
• Want´s Master (Patricia Bowne)
• October in the Chair (Neil Gaiman)
• Greaves, This Is Serious (William Mingin)
• Shift (Nalo Hopkinson)
• A Book, by Its Cover (P. D. Cacek)
• Somewhere in My Mind, Ther Is a Painting Box (Charles de Lint)
• The Pyramid of Amirah (James Patrick Kelly)
• Our Friend Electricity (Ron Wolfe)
• Socieal Dreaming of the Frin (Ursula K. LeGuin)
• Five British Dinosaurs (Michael Swanwick)
• The Green Word (Jeffrey Ford)
• The Comedian (Stepan Chapman)
• The Pagodas of Ciboure (M. Shayne Bell)
• From the Cradle (Gene Wolfe)
• Sam (Donal Barr)
• Persian Eyes (Tanith Lee)
• Travel Agency (Ellen Klages)
• A Fable of Savior and Reptile (Steven Popkes)
• Comrade Grandmother (Naomi Kritzer)
• Familiar (China Miéville)
• Honeydark (Liz Williams)
• A Prayer for Captain La Hire (Patrice E. Sarath)
• Origin of the Species (James van Pelt)
• Tread Softly (Brian Stableford)
• How It Ended (Darrell Schweitzer)
• Cecil Rhodes in Hell (Michael Swanwick)
• Hide and Seek (Nicholas Royle)
• Death in Love (R. Garcia y Robertson)

EDITED BY: David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

COVER: paperback

PAGES: 495

LANGUAGE: english