A Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic,9780446679275

A Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic

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ISBN13: 9780446679275
ISBN10: 0446679275
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): Aspect
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Summary

Going all the way back to Homer's 'Odyssey', the 'quest' is a popular and well-respected story-telling format in Western literature. This volume collects classic quest stories, including tales from by Neil Gaiman and Marion Zimmer Bradley, and the Mercedes Lackey story 'The Cup and The Cauldron'.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Margaret Weis
Gwydion and the Dragon
1(26)
C.J. Cherryh
Misericorde
27(26)
Karl Edward Wagner
The Barbarian
53(10)
Poul Anderson
The Silk and the Song
63(32)
Charles L. Fontenay
Mirror, Mirror on the Lam
95(24)
Tanya Huff
Chivalry
119(14)
Neil Gaiman
Firebearer
133(14)
Lois Tilton
The Bully and the Beast
147(56)
Orson Scott Card
A Time for Heroes
203(28)
Richard Parks
The Cup and the Cauldron
231(18)
Mercedes Lackey
The Lands Beyond the World
249(56)
Michael Moorcock
About the Authors 305

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