Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Legends: Short Novels By The Masters of Modern Fantasy
    Unavailable
    Legends: Short Novels By The Masters of Modern Fantasy
    Unavailable
    Legends: Short Novels By The Masters of Modern Fantasy
    Ebook922 pages16 hours

    Legends: Short Novels By The Masters of Modern Fantasy

    By Macmillan Publishers

    4.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Acclaimed writer and editor Robert Silverberg gathered eleven of the finest writers in Fantasy to contribute to this collection of short novels. Each of the writers was asked to write a new story based on one of his or her most famous series: from Stephen King's opening piece set in his popular Gunslinger universe to Robert Jordan's early look at his famed Wheel of Time saga, these stories are exceptionally well written and universally well told.

    Features short stories set in the worlds of...
    ...Stephen King's The Dark Tower
    ...Terry Pratchett's Discworld
    ...Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth
    ...Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker
    ...Robert Silverberg's Majipoor
    ...Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea
    ...Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
    ...George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
    ...Anne McCaffrey's Pern
    ...Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga
    ...Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time

    At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 8, 2001
    ISBN9781429966573
    Unavailable
    Legends: Short Novels By The Masters of Modern Fantasy

    Related to Legends

    Related ebooks

    Fantasy For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time

      Oct 23, 2020

      100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time
      27 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Oct 10, 2022

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      Books Of The Month

      May 20, 2022

      By Alastair Reynolds Reynolds is best known as an author of hard science-based space operas, yet his latest novel begins on board a ship sailing up the coastline of Norway in the early 19th century. The mystery deepens as the same group of people, on

      2 min read

    • Article

      Books Of The Month

      Feb 18, 2022

      The This by Adam Roberts Imagine a social media app implanted in the roof of the mouth for more immersive connectivity. This one small step turns out to be a giant leap in human evolution, a sort of telepathy that brings everyone together as parts of

      2 min read

    • Article

      Liberace With Attitude

      Apr 20, 2023

      Carl Abrahamsson Inner Traditions 2022 Pb, 424pp, £18.99, ISBN 9781644112410 Given the scope of available candidates for the title of Devil incarnate, one finds it difficult to imagine that Anton LaVey would even get a look in! LaVey was born in Chic

      8 min read

    • Article

      Top 10 allegories

      Oct 18, 2023

      I used to think that the allegory was a rather straightforward, narrow form: a simple, metaphorical story conceived to deliver a political or moral lesson. But, in fact, it is stretchier and more versatile than that. Allegories, I’ve learned, can be

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Origins Of The Fairies

      Jan 25, 2024

      The Origins Of The Fairies
      3 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Nov 30, 2023

      Book Film TV Podcast Games Other An admirable but flawed stab at honouring a national legend Cert: 15 Director: Jesse V Johnson Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Clive Standen, Lucy Martin Released: Out now The story of Boudica, the Iceni royal who led a failed

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Roberto Lovato

      Dec 23, 2019

      My reading—and life—were swallowed by subterranean forces in 2019—and I’m all the better equipped to face our civilizational crisis because of it. The post A Year in Reading: Roberto Lovato appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Ed Simon

      Dec 12, 2022

      Ed Simon reflects on 2022 through the books he read. The post A Year in Reading: Ed Simon appeared first on The Millions.

      7 min read

    • Article

      Dwell in the Wondrous: The Millions Interviews Silvia Moreno-Garcia

      Sep 8, 2022

      "I like grounding my work in historical fact because the truth can be surreal." The post Dwell in the Wondrous: The Millions Interviews Silvia Moreno-Garcia appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Matt Seidel

      Dec 5, 2020

      I decided to map out new avenues for autofiction writers to explore and new variants for autofiction critics to classify: a handy manual that doubles as my year in reading. The post A Year in Reading: Matt Seidel appeared first on The Millions.

      8 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Oct 31, 2022

      As a successful music producer (Prince, David Byrne) turned cognitive neurologist, Susan Rogers is unusually well qualified to investigate the mysterious, drug-like impact music has on the physical body and the emotional mind. But it is a bold soul w

      6 min read

    • Article

      Nine Haunting Postapocalyptic Novels

      Feb 3, 2022

      The paradox of imagined apocalypses is that they’re always more about the present than the future. Here's a list of a few haunting and evocative titles. The post Nine Haunting Postapocalyptic Novels appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Aug 10, 2023

      Reviews
      5 min read

    • Article

      Sci-Fi Has Changed A Lot In The Past Decade — These 7 Reads Will Show You How

      Aug 16, 2021

      This year's Summer Poll is all about the past decade in science fiction and fantasy, so we asked critic Jason Sheehan to come up with his own list of the new sci-fi that's blowing his mind.

      9 min read

    • Article

      Happily Ever After

      Jul 11, 2022

      Happily Ever After
      7 min read

    • Article

      Time Makes Ruins Of Us All

      Sep 20, 2023

      Time Makes Ruins Of Us All
      6 min read

    Reviews for Legends

    4.5/5

    12 ratings7 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      I love anthologies, and this is one of the defining reasons why. This is a great book, with a series of well-developed novellas by well-known authors in Fantasy and Sci-Fi. The best thing about Legends, to my mind, was that each of the authors chosen has a successful book or series out already, and the novella for this book was based in whatever world that author had already conceived. It was a great way of introducing me not only to previously un-read authors, but also introducing me to intriguing characters and storylines that I can now explore in more depth.

      I fully recommend this book to any fan of fantasy or sci-fi.
    • 5/5
      This is really a brilliant idea for a collection, and the execution is fantastic. If you follow long-form fantasy at all, you'll probably at least recognize all of these authors, and each story is a pretty good capsule of the author's style and world. I've found that my reaction to the story maps pretty closely to my reaction to the series as a whole, and so this was a great way to encounter authors I hadn't yet read (Terry Pratchett, most notably - the Granny Weatherwax story is perfect and a perfect introduction to the milieu.)

      (Note - I read this when it came out, lo these many years ago (and quite a few times since,) so this is a review based on a reread.)
    • 5/5
      Anthology of short stories by fantasy's top writers. Excellent jumping board to fantasy authors you might not be familiar with. Notable stories; 'The Sea and Little Fishes' by Terry Pratchett, 'The Hedge Knight' by George R R Martin, 'The New Spring' by Robert Jordan
    • 4/5
      This is really an excellent short story collection. Any collection featuring Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, Tad Williams, George R. R. Martin and several other leading contemporary fantasy writers is a big deal, and most of the writers deliver in this anthology with quality work. The Hedge Knight, in particular, has gone on to spawn its own path in Martin's works.
    • 4/5
      I picked up this book specifically for Martin's "The Hedge Knight" and Williams' "The Burning Man", which I found quite good.The rest of the stories were little peaks into the worlds created by authors that I have yet to read. In some cases there was a type of literary culture shock stemming from decidedly foreign worlds being presented in such short pieces. While such stories were a little harder to get immersed in, they served that introductory purpose well enough and I may give those authors another chance in a longer format.One note of caution to others who may use this book in a similar sampling-platter fashion: skip the introductory essays before each story. They often contain spoilers related to each story's native series.
    • 5/5
      While I love fantasy, I wasn't really a big fan of high fantasy and sword & sorcery when I picked up this book. I found it on sale, and thought to get to go with Legends II, which I got for Gaiman's short novel. I'm so happy I did! I enjoyed the stories in the book, and happily discovered that these sub-genres of fantasy are fun to read and that the worlds these authors have created are fascinating after all!
    • 3/5
      Why is is fantasy authors never seem to succeed on the level of sci-fi authors when they write short stories? That beautiful dream-state encapsuling a whole universe is never quite achieved here. Perhaps the problem is the innate desire to word build in order to world build. These *are* series authors, after all.