Roots of Fantasy, the: Myth, Folklore, & Archetype (1989) [Anthology]
by Avram Davidson M.J. Engh Karen Joy Fowler Robert R. McCammon Tomoko Oshiro Jessica Amanda Salmonson S.P. Somtow Bruce Taylor
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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.
ix Preface Shelley Dutton Berry
1 Opening Remarks Ginjer Buchanan
3 Introduction: Yoshitaka Amano Kiyoshi Imaoka & Alex Fleischer [Yoshitaka Amano]
7 Ginjer Buchanan: The Short Version Suzanne Tompkins & Jerry Kaufman bg * [Ginjer Buchanan]
9 Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned Gene Wolfe Weird Tales, Winter 1988 - 1989 [Avram Davidson]
13 Without Apparent Effort, an introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin Vonda N. McIntyre [Ursula K. Le Guin]
19 Robert R. McCammon (his ownself) Joe R. Lansdale [Robert R. McCammon]
21 A.k.a. S.P. Somtow Deborah L. Notkin [Somtow Sucharitkul]
23 Joseph Who? Kris Demien [Joseph Campbell]
27 Or the Grasses Grow Avram Davidson
35 Legends for a New Land Ursula K. Le Guin speech Mythcon, 1988
47 Chico Robert R. McCammon
55 Lottery Night S. P. Somtow
73 Roots Terry Pratchett article
77 Little Tales of Ho and Naipon Jessica Amanda Salmonson
85 The Lovesick Simurgh M. J. Engh
93 Visitation Greg Bear vignette, Omni, June 1987
97 Fantastic Heroes Now and Then Sharon Baker speech Conference of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 1988
103 The Story of Urashima Taro Tomoko Oshiro; trans. by Gene Van Troyer
109 The Faithful Companion at Forty Karen Joy Fowler
117 The Master Goes Whacko! Bruce Taylor
Edited by Shelley Dutton Berry.
Original title: The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Mythology
Fairy Tales & Folklore
The following works are contained within this one: Chico (1989) [Short Story] Author: Robert R. McCammon
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