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Summary
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Anthology of eight stories plus various non-fiction pieces, particularly profiles of the Guest of Honors. This is the program book for the 1989 World Fantasy Convention held in Seattle and is a limited edition of 1,000 copies.
Contents:
- Preface by Shelley Dutton Berry
- Opening Remarks by Ginjer Buchanan
- Introduction: Yoshitaka Amano by Kiyoshi Imaoka & Alex Fleischer [Yoshitaka Amano]
- Ginjer Buchanan: The Short Version by Suzanne Tompkins & Jerry Kaufman bg * [Ginjer Buchanan]
- Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned by Gene Wolfe Weird Tales, Winter 1988 - 1989 [Avram Davidson]
- Without Apparent Effort, an introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin by Vonda N. McIntyre [Ursula K. Le Guin]
- Robert R. McCammon (his ownself) by Joe R. Lansdale [Robert R. McCammon]
- A.k.a. S.P. Somtow by Deborah L. Notkin [Somtow Sucharitkul]
- Joseph Who? by Kris Demien [Joseph Campbell]
- Or the Grasses Grow by Avram Davidson
- Legends for a New Land by Ursula K. Le Guin speech Mythcon, 1988
- Chico by Robert R. McCammon
- Lottery Night by S. P. Somtow
- Roots by Terry Pratchett article
- Little Tales of Ho and Naipon by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- The Lovesick Simurgh by M. J. Engh
- Visitation by Greg Bear vignette, Omni, June 1987
- Fantastic Heroes Now and Then by Sharon Baker speech Conference of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 1988
- The Story of Urashima Taro by Tomoko Oshiro; trans. by Gene Van Troyer
- The Faithful Companion at Forty by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Master Goes Whacko! by Bruce Taylor
Edited by Shelley Dutton Berry.
Original title: The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Mythology
Fairy Tales & Folklore
The following works are contained within this one: Or the Grasses Grow (1958) [Short Story] Author: Avram Davidson
Faithful Companion at Forty, the (1987) [Short Story] Author: Karen Joy Fowler
Lovesick Simurgh, the (1988) [Short Story] Author: M.J. Engh
Chico (1989) [Short Story] Author: Robert R. McCammon
Story of Urashima Taro, the (1989) [Short Story] Author: Tomoko Oshiro
Lottery Night (1989) [Short Story] Author: S.P. Somtow
Master Goes Whacko!, the (1989) [Short Story] Author: Bruce Taylor
Little Tales of Ho and Naipon (1989) [Short Story] Author: Jessica Amanda Salmonson
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