What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world? We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume—until now. Review “Anthologist Adams presents readers with a wide variety of alternate Earths, some only slightly askew and others completely unfamiliar. […] Adams’s selections are mirrors reflecting one other with the best images of alternate realities. Readers will greatly enjoy this exploration of our world's foremost and ascendant speculative authors.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) “Reminds...
Author: Kirtley David Barr, Card Orson Scott, Silverberg Robert, Link Kelly, Yant Christie, Lee Yoon Ha, Grossman Lev, Pratt Tim, Le Guin Ursula K., Fultz John R., Adams John Joseph, Cadigan Pat, Oates Joyce Carol, Vaughn Carrie, Baxter Stephen, McAuley Paul, Reynolds Alastair, Reed Robert, Martin George R.R., King Stephen, McDonald Ian, McGuire Seanan, VanderMeer Jeff, Swanwick Michael, Melko Paul, Benford Gregory, Singh Vandana, Valente Catherynne M., Alexander William, Alexander William, McCaffery Simon, Tobler E. Catherine, Rivera Mercurio D., Lockhart Ross E.
ISBN: 9781597804349
Year of publication: 2012
Genre: Science fiction
Number of pages: 733
Reading time: 12 h. 13 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF