Modern Classics of Fantasy ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, January 1997, 0-312-15173-X, $35.00, 647pp, hc, an, cover by James Gurney)
Anthology of 32 stories. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Ursula K. Le Guin, John Crowley, and Terry Bisson. There is a list of recommended reading.
- xi · Introduction · Gardner Dozois · in
- 1 · Trouble with Water · Horace L. Gold · ss Unknown March 1939
- 18 · The Gnarly Man · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown June 1939
- 38 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955
- 44 · Walk Like a Mountain [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955
- 58 · Extempore · Damon Knight · ss Infinity Science Fiction August 1956, as “The Beach Where Time Began”
- 69 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
- 80 · Scylla’s Daughter [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination May 1961
- 131 · The Overworld [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1965
- 155 · The Signaller [Pavane] · Keith Roberts · nv Impulse March 1966
- 182 · The Manor of Roses [John & Stephen] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1966
- 232 · Death and the Executioner · Roger Zelazny · ex from Lord of Light, Doubleday, 1967
- 266 · Configuration of the North Shore · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969
- 278 · Two Sadnesses · George Alec Effinger · ss Bad Moon Rising ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
- 291 · The Tale of Hauk · Poul Anderson · nv Swords Against Darkness ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1977
- 309 · Manatee Gal Ain’t You Coming Out Tonight [Jack Limekiller] · Avram Davidson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1977
- 339 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935
- 349 · The Sleep of Trees · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1980
- 359 · God’s Hooks! · Howard Waldrop · ss Universe 12 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1982
- 377 · The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1984
- 401 · A Cabin on the Coast · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1984
first published in German in Zu den Sternen ed. Peter Wilfert (Munich: Goldmann Verlag, 1981).
- 412 · Paper Dragons [Paper Dragons] · James P. Blaylock · nv Imaginary Lands ed. Robin McKinley, Ace, 1985
- 427 · Into Gold · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986
- 451 · Flowers of Edo · Bruce Sterling · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987
first published in Japanese in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine.
- 472 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987
- 497 · A Gift of the People · Robert Sampson · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988
- 513 · Missolonghi 1824 · John Crowley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990
- 522 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990
- 531 · Blunderbore · Esther M. Friesner · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1990
- 540 · Death and the Lady · Judith Tarr · nv After the King ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1992
- 569 · The Changeling’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1994
- 584 · Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros · Peter S. Beagle · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995
- 602 · Beauty and the Opéra or the Phantom Beast · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1996
- 643 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi
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