The Wizards of Odd

Download or read book The Wizards of Odd written by Peter Haining and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JSA It would be an exceedingly dull and humorless individual indeed who could not find something in this delightful anthology of comic fantasy tales to tickle the funny bone and tweak the imagination. Each of these two dozen stories -- written by such masters as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. LeGuin, C.S. Lewis, Larry Niven, and H.G. Wells -- is preceded by a brief but insightful essay that introduces both the author and the story. The stories are arranged within subgroupings of the comic fantasy genre: Wizards and Wotsits: Stories of Comic Absurdity; Swords and Sorcery: Tales of Heroic Fantasy; and Astronauts and Aliens: Space Opera Yarns. Included are such rarities as a Douglas Adams short story set in the quirky world of the Hitchhiker's Guide series and a never-before-anthologized Discworld tale by Terry Pratchett. Even readers with no particular interest in fantasy or SF are likely to find themselves laughing out loud over the stories in this extraordinary anthology. Jeffrey Cooper, Writer/Editor, Long Island, NY ; 350p.-