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The book of magic

Call Number

  • FANTASY BOOK (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Bantam Books, [2018]

Physical Description

xvi, 556 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

"An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy--featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many more! Hot on the heels of award-winning editor Gardner Dozois's anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf...and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda...and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore...and Severus Snape? Figures of wisdom and power, possessing arcane, often forbidden knowledge, wizards and sorcerers are shaped--or misshaped--by the potent magic they seek to wield. Yet though their abilities may be godlike, these men and women remain human...some might say all too human. Such is their curse. And their glory. In these pages, seventeen of today's top fantasy writers cast wondrous spells that thrillingly evoke the mysterious, awesome, and at times downright terrifying worlds where magic reigns supreme: worlds as far away as forever...and as near as next door"--

Contents

  • Introduction / Return of the pig / Community service / Flint and mirror / Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable / Biography of a bouncing boy terror, chapter II: Jumping Jack in love / Song of fire / Loft the sorcerer / Governor / Sungrazer / Staff in the stone / No work of mine / Widow maker / Wolf and the manticore / Night at the Tarn House / Devil's whatever / Bloom / Fall and rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril

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