Legends of Australian Fantasy
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From two of the best editors working today ... These are the legends of Australian fantasy - eleven of Australia's best-loved and most widely read writers ... Gathered together by equally legendary editors Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan to produce an entirely original compilation ...
Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices ... extraordinary worlds. Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician's Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly repeating day in the Citadel. Cross the wall, where Charter magic is all that lies between you and death. A trip with a graverobber can be gruesome, and it's hard to share the fear of a woman who must kill her husband if her child is to rule ... A mysterious tale plays out in Sevenwaters. Catch up with Ros and Adi as they prepare for the greatest change of all. Other twists in these fabulous tales bring us to demonic destiny and an alternate WWII. these eleven short novels will take you on amazing new journeys with favourite characters from the worlds you know and love ... 'this is a book to savour, treasure, re-read' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on tHE LOCUS AWARDS, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Charles N. Brown 'at once quintessentially Australian and enticingly other. If you read short fiction you'll want this collection. If you don't, this is a reason to start' BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER on DREAMING AGAIN, edited by Jack Dann
Customer Reviews
Great anthology
Legends is an anthology that brings together long-standing names in Australian fantasy, like Isobelle Carmody, with newcomers to the scene, like DM Cornish. With just two exceptions, as far as I can tell, all of the stories gathered here tie in to existing worlds that the authors have previously explored in novels. So Carmody's story explores some of the pre-history of her fabulous Obernewtyn Chronicles, Cornish's tale is set on the Half-continent on Monster Blood Tattoo, and Garth Nix sends a lad off exploring in the Old Kingdom of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. The exceptions are a story from Ian Irvine set in the same world as his new trilogy, and an alternate WW2 history from John Birmingham.
I didn't enjoy all of the stories. I am not a big fan of stories where women spend most of their time moping. As well, I was not the best audience for some of these stories because they are so so tightly bound up with the novels they relate to that I was left floundering in an attempt to understand the context. Nonetheless, though, as a whole, this anthology provides an excellent snapshot of some of the great fantasy that Australians are producing at the moment.