Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder – compiled by David G. Hartwell

Title: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
Author(s): J.G. Ballard, J.M. Barrie, L. Frank Baum, Peter S. Beagle, Johannes Bobrowski, John Brunner, Lucy Clifford, Avram Davidson, Charles Dickens, Suzette Haden Elgin, Harlan Ellison, Jack Finney, John M. Ford, W.S. Gilbert, Graham Greene, E.T.A. Hoffmann, R.A. Lafferty, Ursula K. Le Guin, George MacDonald, Anne McCaffrey, Patricia A. McKillip, Robin McKinley, William Morris, E. Nesbit, Fitz-James O’Brien, Murilo Rubião, Rudy Rucker, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Osbert Sitwell, Fyodor Sologub, Margaret St. Clair, Frank R. Stockton, James Tiptree Jr., Mark Twain, Jack Vance
Editor(s): David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer*
Cover Artist: Thomas Canty
Interior Artist(s):
Language: English
Publisher: GuildAmerica Books
Published: October 1989
ISBN-10: 1568650396
ISBN-13: none
Catalog Number: 14784
Notes: *Title page indicates Kathryn Cramer assisted Hartwell in compiling/editing the volume. ISBN found on copyright/permissions page. The three stories by J.M. Barrie are excerpts from the full Peter Pan story.
Contents:
   “Introduction: Worlds of Wonder, Worlds of Difference” by David G. Hartwell
   “Green Is the Color” by John M. Ford
   “Wooden Tony” by Lucy Clifford
   “Lest Levitation Come Upon Us” by Suzette Haden Elgin
   “Prince Bull: A Fairy Tale” by Charles Dickens
   “The Triumph of Vice: A Fairy Tale” by W.S. Gilbert
   “Turandina” by Fyodor Sologub
   “The Princess and the Frog” by Robin McKinley
   “Darkness Box” by Ursula K. Le Guin
   “Jack and the Beanstalk” by Osbert Sitwell
   “Peter Pan”* by J.M. Barrie
   “The Thrush’s Nest”* by J.M. Barrie
   “Lock-out Time” by J.M. Barrie
   “The Mouse Festival” by Johannes Bobrowski
   “A Proper Santa Claus” by Anne McCaffrey
   “Inside Out” by Rudy Rucker
   “The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut” by Mark Twain
   “The Woman Who Thought She Could Read” by Avram Davidson
   “The Third Level” by Jack Finney
   “The Griffin and the Minor Canon” by Frank R. Stockton
   “The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles” by Margaret St. Clair
   “The Dragons” by Murilo Rubião
   “On the Downhill Side” by Harlan Ellison
   “The Parrot” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
   “The Gray Wolf” by George MacDonald
   “The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath” by Patricia A. McKillip
   “The Last of the Dragons” by Edith Nesbit
   “Lila the Werewolf” by Peter S. Beagle
   “The Drowned Giant” by J.G. Ballard
   “The Enchanted Buffalo” by L. Frank Baum
   “Narrow Valley” by R.A. Lafferty
   “Beyond the Dead Reef” by James Tiptree, Jr.
   “The King’s Bride: A Fairy Tale After Nature” by E.T.A. Hoffmann
   “Under the Garden” by Graham Greene
   “The Things That Are Gods” by John Brunner
   “The King of Nodland and His Dwarf” by Fitz-James O’Brien
   “The Seventeen Virgins” by Jack Vance
   “The Bagful of Dreams” by Jack Vance
   “The Hollow Land” by William Morris

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