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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
This exciting collection takes readers on a journey through the labyrinthine corridors of the imagination. Filled with magical spells, fire-breathing dragons, and intrepid heroes, these classics of children's literature include stories by such authors as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, Jane Yolen, E. Nesbit, and more.
Contents:
- The Green Stone by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Hoard of the Gibbelins by Lord Dunsany
- A Harp of Fishbones by Joan Aiken
- The Selkie’s Cap by Samantha Lee
- The Back of the North Wind (from At The Back of the North Wind) by George MacDonald
- The Pit of Wings by Ramsey Campbell
- A Spell for Annalise by Parke Godwin
- The Secret of Faerie by Paul Lewis
- The Invisible Kingdom by Richard Leander
- The Bone Beast by Simon Clark
- Ice Princess by Elisabeth Waters
- The Wild Hunt by Ian Watson
- The Door to Dark Albion by Cherith Baldry
- The Fairy Trap by Peter Crowther
- The Dark Island (from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) by C. S. Lewis
- Pattern of Pyramids by Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe
- The Closed Window by A. C. Benson
- The Goatboy and the Giant by Garry Kilworth
- Mirror, Mirror... by Frances M. Hendry
- The Trolls (The Hobbit) by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Sun City by Tanith Lee
- Brother Kenan’s Bell by Jane Yolen
- The Last Card by Steve Lockley
- Atlantis by Edith Nesbit
- The White Doe by Keith Taylor
- Creature of Darkness by Nicholas Stuart Gray
- Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman
Original title: The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Children & Young Adult→ Fantasy
The following works are contained within this one:
Invisible Kingdom, the (1896) [Short Story]
Author: Richard Leander
Closed Window, the (1903) [Short Story]
Author: A.C. Benson
Atlantis (1905) [Short Story]
Author: Edith Nesbit
Hoard of the Gibbelins, the (1911) [Short Story]
Author: Lord Dunsany
Creature of Darkness (1963) [Short Story]
Author: Nicholas Stuart Gray
Wild Hunt, the (1966) [Short Story]
Author: Ian Watson
Sun City (1972) [Short Story]
Author: Tanith Lee
Harp of Fishbones, a (1972) [Short Story]
Author: Joan Aiken
Pit of Wings, the (1978) [Short Story]
Author: Ramsey Campbell
Brother Kenan's Bell (1983) [Short Story]
Author: Jane Yolen
Green Stone, the (1988) [Short Story]
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Troll Bridge (1993) [Short Story]
Author: Neil Gaiman
Spell for Annalise, a (1993) [Short Story]
Author: Parke Godwin
Ice Princess (1994) [Short Story]
Author: Elisabeth Waters
Mirror, Mirror... (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Frances M. Hendry
Fairy Trap, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Peter Crowther
Bone Beast, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Simon Clark
White Doe, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Keith Taylor
Pattern of Pyramids, a (1996) [Short Story]
Authors: R.L. Fanthorpe
, Patricia Fanthorpe
Secret of Faerie, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Paul Lewis
Last Card, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Steve Lockley
Goatboy and the Giant, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Garry D. Kilworth
Door to Dark Albion, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Cherith Baldry
Selkie's Cap, the (1996) [Short Story]
Author: Samantha Lee
This work contains excerpts from the following works :
At the Back of the North Wind (1871) [Novel]
Author: George MacDonald
Hobbit, the (1937) [Novel]
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader', the (1952) [Novel]
Author: C. S. Lewis
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