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The book of magic, edited by Gardner Dozois

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The book of magic

edited by Gardner Dozois

An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy that will leave you spellbound. 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 Lord Voldemort? 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 K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Elizabeth Bear, George R.R. Martin, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch, and more -- 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

The return of the pig / K.J. Parker -- Community service / Megan Lindholm -- Flint and mirror / John Crowley -- The friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable / Matthew Hughes -- Biography of a bouncing boy terror: chapter II: jumping Jack in love / Ysabeau S. Wilce -- Song of fire / Pachel Pollack -- Loft the sorcerer / Eleanor Arnason -- The governor / Tim Powers -- Sungrazer / Liz Williams -- The staff in the stone / Garth Nix No work of mine / Elizabeth Bear -- Widow maker / Lavie Tidhar -- The wolf and the manticore / Greg Van Eekhout -- A night at the Tarn House / George R.R. Martin -- The devil's whaterver / Andy Duncan -- Bloom / Kate Elliott -- The fall and rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril / Scott Lynch

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