Stephen King, Author, Peter S. Beagle, Author, Laura Kasischke, Author . Underland $14.95 (318p) ISBN 978-0-9802260-8-9
Brockmeier (The Brief History of the Dead
) compiles 20 eclectic and exceptional stories that “graft” fantasy with realistic fiction for this third installment of the annual anthology cofounded by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Standout...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author Roc $14.95 (87p) ISBN 978-0-451-45800-1
Beagle's newest (after Tasmin, 1999) is a charming reflection on dreams and the afterlife set in modern-day Manhattan. Unambitious actor Jake Holtz, who narrates, is introduced to the profound as the spirit of his best friend, dancer Sam Kagan,...
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Peter S. Beagle. Tachyon, $15.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-61696-269-2
With sharp, lean elegance, Beagle (In Calabria) effortlessly chronicles the lives of unicorns, trolls, magicians, and adventurers in 13 poignant stories, many of which caution readers about magic gone awry and temperamental creatures. Cultivating...
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Peter S. Beagle. Tachyon, $19.95 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-1-61696-248-7
Acclaimed fantasist Beagle (Summerlong) sets this charming, lyrical tale of unicorns and love on a poor little hillside farm in the toe of boot-shaped Italy, where 47-year-old Claudio Bianchi scratches out a meager existence for himself, old dog...
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Peter S. Beagle. Tachyon, $15.95 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-61696-244-9
Renowned fantasy author Beagle (The Last Unicorn) recasts a primeval myth in this 21st-century hymn to Persephone, set in the islands off West Seattle and celebrating the cyclic changing of seasons, relationships, and the life of the planet itself....
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Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, $14.95 trade paper (326p) ISBN 978-1-61696-004-9
This bittersweet collection of 13 recent stories pays tribute to the complicated power of family ties. "Sleight of Hand" lauds the good magic of parental love, while "What Tune the Enchantress Plays" shows its dark side. "Children of the Shark God"...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author Roc $20 (368p) ISBN 978-0-451-45288-7
In a multifaceted fantasy told from various points of view, Beagle ( The Last Unicorn ) plumbs the nature of life, death and love. When three strange women (one black, one brown, one white) arrive at a wayside inn called The Gaff and Slasher, the...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author . Tachyon $14.95 (231p) ISBN 978-1-892391-36-0
This story collection from fantasy legend Beagle offers a sublime mix of reprints and original works. "Two Hearts," the coda to his masterwork, The Last Unicorn
, is a sweet, slight story sure to leave fans hungry for the novel's...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author Roc $21.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-451-45763-9
Like his enchanting The Last Unicorn, Beagle's newest fantasy features characters so real they leap off his pages and into readers' souls. Tamsin Willoughby, dead some 300 years, haunts ramshackle old Stourhead Farm in Dorset, England, an ancient...
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Peter S. Beagle, Subterranean (www.subterraneanpress.com), $35 (104p) ISBN 978-1-59606-309-9
Beagle's novella, set in the world of 1991's The Innkeeper's Song, is an intimate take on the relatively common fantasy conceit of a powerful band of recluses. Following an encounter with three assassins, the wanderer Soukyan decides it is time to...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author . Tachyon $14.95 (219p) ISBN 978-1-892391-83-4
Hugo and Nebula Award–winner Beagle showcases his narrative breadth in this eclectic new collection with nine powerful fantasy tales and a short set of poems based on the famous Unicorn Tapestries. In the title story, one benevolent sibling...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author . Subterranean $35 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59606-083-8
This fragment is Beagle's first, unsuccessful attempt at writing what became his classic fantasy, The Last Unicorn
(1968), though even his failures are marvels of wry humor and brilliant prose styling. Beagle's introduction illuminates his...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author, Janet Berliner, Editor HarperPrism $25 (525p) ISBN 978-0-06-105224-8
Beagle's 1968 novel, The Last Unicorn, is a benchmark of contemporary mythic fantasy; here, Beagle and Berliner present a noteworthy anthology of original fiction featuring unicorns. In general, the 27 stories are satisfying and often strikingly...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author, Robert Rodriguez, Illustrator Turner Publications Inc $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57036-288-0
A quarter century after the publication of his bestselling novel The Last Unicorn, Beagle (The Innkeeper's Song) returns to his fabled beasts for a charming fantasy initially set in contemporary Los Angeles. A misfit 13-year-old girl, Joey Rivera,...
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Peter S. Beagle, Peter Gillis and Renae De Liz, IDW, $24.99 (152p) ISBN 978-1-60010-851-8
Since it was first published in 1968, Beagle’s beloved fantasy novel has been made into a stage play and a film—and now this gorgeous, emotive graphic novel adaptation. Set in a fully realized but slightly tongue-in-cheek fantasy world that has...
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Jonathan Strahan. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $19.99 trade paper (500p) ISBN 978-1-59780-345-8
Strahan’s sixth annual genre-spanning anthology lacks the clarity (or perhaps narrowness) of purpose of a series focusing solely on fantasy or SF, but the 31 selections demonstrate a knowledge of and affection for the fantastic that rival editors...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author, Jonathan Strahan, Editor . Subterranean $40 (454p) ISBN 978-1-59606-291-7
Scientists may call the rhinoceros a unicorn, but only Beagle can make it feel like one. Facing reality—often a magical reality hidden under mundane trappings—is the key to understanding magical transformations and repairing damage,...
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Peter S. Beagle, Author, Kage Baker, Author, Kelly Link, Author . Prime $14.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8095-7325-7
The eclectic second installment of Prime's annual anthology draws equally from venerable genre magazines like Weird Tales
and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
and more literary publications like McSweeney's
and The...
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Garth Nix, Author, Peter S. Beagle, Author, Jeffrey Ford, Author . Nightshade $14.95 (263p) ISBN 978-1-59780-117-1
Each of the 16 selections in Strahan's superb anthology (the launch of an annual series) does a disturbing take on a premise that genre fans may find familiar from more mundane examples of science fiction, fantasy or horror. Paul Brandon and...
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