Legends (book)

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas (short novels) by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg.[1] All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.[2][3] The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.[4] Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy
First edition cover
EditorRobert Silverberg
AuthorVarious
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublishedAugust 25, 1998
PublisherVoyager Books
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages708
ISBN0-312-86787-5
OCLC183214571
813/.0876608 21
LC ClassPS648.F3 L44 1998
Followed byLegends II 

The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.[5]

Contents

Editions

  • A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225666-5.
  • A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225667-3.

A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.

Serialization

In 1999 Tor Books decided to re-release the stories from the anthology, now split across three volumes.

Reception

Legends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  2. Silver, Steven. "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". SF Site. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Macmillan Publishers.
  4. "1999 Locus Awards: Anthology". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  5. "LEGENDS II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
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