The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories ~ SIGNED by GRRM FIRST/FIRST

Martin, George R. R.; Lynch, Scott; Bear, Elizabeth; Nix, Garth

ISBN 10: 0399593780 / ISBN 13: 9780399593789

Published by Bantam, 2018

About this Item

New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Brand new, never read SIGNED First edition, first printing, hardcover. Full number line present. Personally signed by George R.R. Martin directly at his classic story in the book! Scarce signed! Very rare and perfect! Dust jacket wrapped in protective archival grade Mylar. Photos available upon request. A new anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many others! Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois s acclaimed 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 including award-winners Elizabeth Bear, John Crowley, Kate Elliott, K. J. Parker, Tim Powers, and Liz Williams 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. FEATURING SIXTEEN ALL-NEW STORIES: The Return of the Pig by K. J. Parker Community Service by Megan Lindholm Flint and Mirror by John Crowley The Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable by Matthew Hughes The Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror: Chapter Two: Jumping Jack in Love by Ysabeau S. Wilce Song of Fire by Rachel Pollack Loft the Sorcerer by Eleanor Arnason The Governor by Tim Powers Sungrazer by Liz Williams The Staff in the Stone by Garth Nix No Work of Mine by Elizabeth Bear Widow Maker by Lavie Tidhar The Wolf and the Manticore by Greg Van Eekhout The Devil s Whatever by Andy Duncan Bloom by Kate Elliott The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril by Scott Lynch Plus George R. R. Martin s classic story A Night at the Tarn House and an introduction by Gardner Dozois.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories ~ SIGNED by GRRM FIRST/FIRST
• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399593780
• ISBN 13: 9780399593789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A new anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy--featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many others!

Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois's acclaimed 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--including award-winners Elizabeth Bear, John Crowley, Kate Elliott, K. J. Parker, Tim Powers, and Liz Williams--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.

FEATURING SIXTEEN ALL-NEW STORIES:

"The Return of the Pig" by K. J. Parker
"Community Service" by Megan Lindholm
"Flint and Mirror" by John Crowley
"The Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable" by Matthew Hughes
"The Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror: Chapter Two: Jumping Jack in Love" by Ysabeau S. Wilce
"Song of Fire" by Rachel Pollack
"Loft the Sorcerer" by Eleanor Arnason
"The Governor" by Tim Powers
"Sungrazer" by Liz Williams
"The Staff in the Stone" by Garth Nix
"No Work of Mine" by Elizabeth Bear
"Widow Maker" by Lavie Tidhar
"The Wolf and the Manticore" by Greg Van Eekhout
"The Devil's Whatever" by Andy Duncan
"Bloom" by Kate Elliott
"The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril" by Scott Lynch

Plus George R. R. Martin's classic story "A Night at the Tarn House" and an introduction by Gardner Dozois

Praise for The Book of Magic

"In The Book of Magic, you get everything you expect and more! Assembling seventeen great authors in one place is a difficult job but this book, with a lot of help from editor Gardner Dozois, does just that. . . . This compilation is a treat for any who love a good fantasy tale."--Geeks of Doom

About the Author

Gardner Dozois was the author or editor of more than a hundred books. He won fifteen Hugo Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and thirty-four Locus Awards for his editing work, as well as two Nebula Awards and a Sidewise Award for his own writing. He was the editor of the leading science fiction magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, for twenty years, and the editor of the anthology series The Year's Best Science Fiction for thirty-five years. A member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Gardner Dozois died in 2018.