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For many of us, the fairy tale was our first exposure to the written word and the power of storytelling. These wondrous works of magic and morality enthralled us, enchanted us, sometimes terrified us, and remain in our hearts and memories still. Once again, World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have compiled an extraordinary collection of reimagined tales conceived by some of today’s most acclaimed contemporary purveyors of literary fantasy, science fiction, and horror, including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, and others.
Remarkable things lurk in these dark and magical woods. Here Beauty confronts a serial-killer Beast, Hansel and Gretel’s witch resides not in a gingerbread house but in a luxurious resort, and Rumpelstiltskin is truly the devil demanding his due, rightfully or otherwise. The hilarious “Roach in Loafers” ingeniously combines the classic “Elves and the Shoemaker” tale with “Puss in Boots” and adds an insectile twist, while in a modern fable that blends The Wizard of Oz and Hans Christian Andersen, Dorothy is set adrift in Hollywoodland, ruby slippers and all. These are not the fairy stories you remember from childhood.
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Creators
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Tanith LeeContributor
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Neil GaimanContributor
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Ellen DatlowEditor
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Terri WindlingEditor
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Jane YolenContributor
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John BrunnerContributor
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Nancy A. CollinsContributor
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Susan PalwickContributor
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Michael CadnumContributor
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Joyce Carol OatesContributor
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Lisa GoldsteinContributor
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Ellen SteiberContributor
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Gahan WilsonContributor
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Gene WolfeContributor
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Roberta LannesContributor
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Garry KilworthContributor
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Delia ShermanContributor
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Nancy KressContributor
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Anne BishopContributor
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Susan WadeContributor
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Kathe KojaContributor
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Farida S.T. ShapiroContributor
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Milbre BurchContributor
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Publisher
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Release date
September 30, 2014 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781497668584
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781497668584
- File size: 6515 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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December 4, 1995
Datlow and Windling, winners of a World Fantasy Award for their annual Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, score again with this third entry in their provocative volumes of original, updated fairy tales for adults. The collection, which gathers many impressive names from the field of dark fantasy, also contains introductory essays and extensive suggested reading lists. Highlights include Tanith Lee's ``The Beast,'' a disturbing but all too believable vision of psychopathy and art, and a rather different take on art's worth in an even more unsettling story by Garry Kilworth (``Masterpiece''). Joyce Carol Oates offers an exceptionally surrealistic version of the Sleeping Beauty myth, while Roberta Lannes contributes an exceedingly amusing variation on ``The Shoemaker and the Elves.'' The late John Brunner is represented by a masterful fable that employs Chinese myth, an evil emperor and all-powerful dragons, and Nancy Collins creates a wonderfully folksy atmosphere with her Kentucky-set yarn about fear and common sense. Though the collection skews slightly toward tales of damsels in distress imperiled by evil males (it's notable that only six of the 22 stories are by men), it triumphantly concludes with Delia Sherman's uplifting fable about redemption, nobility and friendship. Like its predecessors, Snow White, Blood Red and Black Thorn, White Rose, this anthology is a must for those who believe that ``once upon a time'' means now.
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