{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-modern-fantasy-paperback","title":"The Big Book of Modern 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\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e - A \u003cb\u003etrue horde of fantasy tales sure to delight fans, scholars, and even the greediest of dragons\u003cb\u003e--f\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003erom bestselling authors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStep through a shimmering portal ... a worn wardrobe door ... a schism in sky ... into a bold new age of fantasy. When worlds beyond worlds became a genre unto itself. From the swinging sixties to the strange, strange seventies, the over-the-top eighties to the gnarly nineties--and beyond, into the twenty-first century--the VanderMeers have found the stories and the writers from around the world that reinvented and revitalized the fantasy genre after World War II. The stories in this collection represent twenty-two different countries, including Russia, Argentina, Nigeria, Columbia, Pakistan, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, China, the Philippines, and the Czech Republic. Five have never before been translated into English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Jorge Luis Borges to Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock to Angela Carter, Terry Pratchett to Stephen King, the full range and glory of the fantastic are on display in these ninety-one stories in which dragons soar, giants stomp, and human children should still think twice about venturing alone into the dark forest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompleting Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's definitive \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Classic Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, this companion volume to takes the genre into the twenty-first century with ninety-one astonishing, mind-bending stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA VINTAGE ORIGINAL\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 896\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769272107296,"sku":"9780525563860","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/481e170daa6537b0c86f8b44e21df4fc.webp?v=1780344811","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-big-book-of-modern-fantasy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}