{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-classic-fantasy-paperback","title":"The Big Book of Classic Fantasy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD - Unearth the enchanting origins of fantasy fiction with a collection of tales as vast as the tallest tower and as mysterious as the dark depths of the forest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight--on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Classic Fantasy \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for anyone who's never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e INCLUDING: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Stories by pillars of the genre like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Shelley, Christina Rossetti, L. Frank Baum, Robert E. Howard, and J. R. R. Tolkien\u003cbr\u003e *Fantastical offerings from literary giants including Edith Wharton, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Hesse, and W.E.B. Du Bois\u003cbr\u003e *Rare treasures from Asian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions\u003cbr\u003e *New translations, including fourteen stories never before in English \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PLUS: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Beautifully Bizarre Creatures! *Strange New Worlds Just Beyond the Garden Path!\u003cbr\u003e *Fairy Folk and Their Dark Mischief! *Seriously Be Careful--Do Not Trust Those Fairies!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANN VANDERMEER currently serves as an acquiring editor for Tor.com and \u003ci\u003eWeird Fiction Review\u003c\/i\u003e and is the editor-in-residence for Shared Worlds. She was the editor-in-chief for \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e for five years, work for which she won a Hugo Award. She also has won a World Fantasy Award and a British Fantasy Award for coediting \u003ci\u003eThe Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJEFF VANDERMEER is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy, the first novel of which, \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Shirley Jackson Award and was made into a film by Paramount Pictures. His recent novel \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e has been selected for the NEA Big Reads program and was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756578242848,"sku":"9780525435563","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/522c5a436460439065ceb2a1dda38494.webp?v=1780081233","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-big-book-of-classic-fantasy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}