Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 12: Faeries

by Isaac Asimov (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Charles G. Waugh (Editor)

Other authors: Poul Anderson (Contributor), H. C. Bailey (Contributor), John Buchan (Contributor), Philip K. Dick (Contributor), Lord Dunsany (Contributor) — 11 more, Lafcadio Hearn (Contributor), James Hogg (Contributor), Richard McKenna (Contributor), Andre Norton (Contributor), Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Contributor), Henry Slesar (Contributor), Thomas Burnett Swann (Contributor), Herminie Templeton (Contributor), Johann Ludwig Tieck (Contributor), Mary E. Wilkins (Contributor), Robert F. Young (Contributor)

Series: Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy (12)

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398.2 is Dewey for fairies and other paranatural beings. There is a new graphic comic, Parntural, which has introduced the word 'paranatural' I hope it sticks. 'Paranormal' is the go-to word for such things a fairies, but the vibe is wrong. Paranormal implies another world or another level of existence. Fairies are closer to or maybe part of this world and the new word 'paranatural' is a good fit.

brendanus | Apr 9, 2019 |

Like all anthologies, it had great stories, and it had not so great stories. Highlights are: "The Ugly Unicorn" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; "The Kith Of The Elf-Folk" by Lord Dunsany; "Flying Pan" by Robert F. Young; and "Kid Stuff" by Isaac Asimov himself.
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BrynDahlquis | Aug 15, 2011 |

Anthology of short stories about fairies - most are rather meh, IMHO but a very few are pretty good. (

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jlparent | May 14, 2011 |

When you came right down to it, you had to be modern. Why, Marianne wouldn't even have seen him, to say nothing of hearing what he'd had to say, if he'd worn his traditional clothing, used his own name and employed his normal means of locomotion. Twentieth-century humans were just as imaginative as eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century humans: they believed in creatures from black lagoons and monsters from 20,000 fathoms and flying saucers and beings from outer space -
But they didn't believe in brownies . . .

A strange mix of traditional fairy tales, fantasy stories, humorous stories, an M.R. James-style tale of eldritch horror and a science fiction tale with fairy-like aliens stealing human babies. Half-way through the book I was interested but not gripped, but apart from "The Manor of Roses", the most enjoyable stories, including "The Kith of the Elf-Folk", "The King of the Elves", "Flying Pan" and "The Long Night of Waiting", were all in the second half of the book. So it's a keeper after all. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Asimov, Isaac	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Greenberg, Martin Harry	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Waugh, Charles G.	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Poul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bailey, H. C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Buchan, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dick, Philip K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dunsany, Lord	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hearn, Lafcadio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hogg, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McKenna, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Norton, Andre	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Salmonson, Jessica Amanda	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Slesar, Henry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Swann, Thomas Burnett	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Templeton, Herminie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tieck, Johann Ludwig	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilkins, Mary E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Young, Robert F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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An anthology of fantasies or folk tales which are not the children's fairy tales we are accustomed to reading or seeing in Disney movies. The three editors found an interesting collection with some of the stories being humorous and some being more like modern fantasy novels. From the introduction: "Unlike these kindly fairy god-mothers and flitting Tinkerbells, fairies, in their original conception, were dangerous and frightening entities, and faerie, or fairyland, was a place that mingled wonder, awe, and terror in equal quantities."

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