The Way of the Wizard

Kindle Edition: 352 pages: 1 item
Publisher: Prime Books; 2011-03-16
Author: Robert Silverberg, George RR Martin, Ursula K. LeGuin, Simon R. Green, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke, Orson Scott Card, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Peter S. Beagle
Format: Kindle eBook
Sales Rank in Books: #17765

Product Review

Power. We all want it, they've got it—witches, warlocks, sorcerers, necromancers, those who peer beneath the veil of mundane reality and put their hands on the levers that move the universe. They see the future in a sheet of glass, summon fantastic beasts, and transform lead into gold . . . or you into a frog. From Gandalf to Harry Potter to the Last Airbender, wizardry has never been more exciting and popular.

Enter a world where anything is possible, where imagination becomes reality. Experience the thrill of power, the way of the wizard. Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams brings you thirty-two of the most spellbinding tales ever written, by some of today's most magical talents.

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Average Customer Review

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Excellent fantasy anthology, December 6, 2010

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I love this book. I have read George Martin's "In the Lost Lands", Susanne Clarke, John R. Fultz and David Barr Kirtley stories so far. All are excellent. David Barr Kirtley's "Family Tree" feels more like an excerpt from a novel. The ending left me somewhat disappointed. Overall the book managed to completely avoid Harry Potter knockoffs and concentrated instead on sense of wonder, magic lands and fairy tale atmosphere, at least in the stories I read so far. Would have been nice to have Patrick Rothfuss, Michael Shea and James P. Blaylock in this one, but this is just IMHO.
Thanks for the great book!!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Excellent mix, November 13, 2011

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Got this for one story by one author (I know, possible overkill, but the Johannes Cabal books are really that good.) Read the rest because they were fantastic - so many weird, delightful stories on the same theme! It's an excellent compilation.