Wonders of the Invisible World
Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, imperceptible landscapes are explored in these opulent stories from a beloved fantasy icon. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune’s fool stealing into the present instead...
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Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, imperceptible landscapes are explored in these opulent stories from a beloved fantasy icon. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune’s fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one mesmerizing tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather’s religious ravings, while another narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning the treasure that is rightfully hers. Bewitching, bittersweet, and deeply intoxicating, this collection draws elements from the fables of history and re-creates them in startlingly magical ways.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781616960872 (1616960876)
ASIN: 1616960876
Publish date: September 26th 2012
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I forgot my book at work, and needed to buy something for the commute home. If I'm going to pay full price for something, it's going to have to be in support of an author I love: thus, this book.Excellent, excellent stories - but I was disappointed, a bit, that I'd read most of them before. There's ...
Charming collection of short stories.
Short stories from McKillip, who of course I love. I didn’t like all of the stories equally, but overall I thought it was a strong collection, and it’s nice to see some new work from McKillip.
I am smitten by this anthology, I absolutely am. It felt almost too indulgent, reading one gem after another in such quick succession. Patricia McKillip reigns supreme in the ranks of fantasy authors, because no one else has such an elegant and precise grasp on Wonder (this I capitalize for emphasis...
‘Wonders of the Invisible World’ by Patricia A. McKellip is a collection of 16 stories, started by an introduction by Charles de Lint and completed by a short of ‘What Inspires Me’, a Guest of Honour speech given at WisCon 2004.With the first piece and the collection itself named for a book written ...