Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas (short novels) by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg.[1] All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.[2][3] The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.[4] Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.
Editor | Robert Silverberg |
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Author | Various |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Published | August 25, 1998 |
Publisher | Voyager Books |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Pages | 708 |
ISBN | 0-312-86787-5 |
OCLC | 183214571 |
813/.0876608 21 | |
LC Class | PS648.F3 L44 1998 |
Followed by | Legends II |
The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.[5]
Contents
edit- Stephen King: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (The Dark Tower)
- Terry Goodkind: "Debt of Bones" (The Sword of Truth)
- Orson Scott Card: "Grinning Man" (The Tales of Alvin Maker)
- Robert Silverberg: "The Seventh Shrine" (Majipoor)
- Ursula K. Le Guin: "Dragonfly" (Earthsea)
- Raymond E. Feist: "The Wood Boy" (The Riftwar Cycle)
- Terry Pratchett: "The Sea and Little Fishes" (Discworld)
- George R. R. Martin: The Hedge Knight (novella, A Song of Ice and Fire)
- Tad Williams: "The Burning Man" (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn)
- Anne McCaffrey: "Runner of Pern" (Dragonriders of Pern)
- Robert Jordan: "New Spring" (The Wheel of Time)
Editions
edit- A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225666-5.
- A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225667-3.
A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.
- Volume One ISBN 0-00-648394-1 - published on November 1, 1999, containing:
- "The Sea and Little Fishes"
- "Runner of Pern"
- "The Hedge Knight"
- "The Burning Man"
- "New Spring"
- Volume Two ISBN 0-00-648393-3 - published on April 3, 2000 (a special overseas edition (same details) was issued in 1999), both containing:
Serialization
editIn 1999 Tor Books decided to re-release the stories from the anthology, now split across three volumes.
- Legends Vol. 1 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-6663-7 - "The Little Sisters of Eluria", "The Seventh Shrine", "Grinning Man", and "The Wood Boy"
- Legends Vol. 2 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-7523-7 - "Debt of Bones", "The Hedge Knight", and "Runner of Pern"
- Legends Vol. 3 (2000) ISBN 0-8125-6664-5 - "New Spring", "Dragonfly", "The Burning Man", and "The Sea and Little Fishes"
Reception
editLegends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ Silver, Steven. "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". SF Site. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ a b "1999 Locus Awards: Anthology". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ "LEGENDS II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
External links
edit- Legends title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Legends series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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