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Current format, Book, 2007, 1st ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsNever-before-published stories by Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, Garth Nix, and a magical lineup of writers.
Throughout the ages, the wizard has claimed a spot in human culture-from the shadowy spiritual leaders of early man to precocious characters in blockbuster films. Gone are the cartoon images of wizened gray-haired men in pointy caps creating magic with a wave of their wands. Today's wizards are more subtle in their powers, more discerning in their ways, and-in the hands of modern fantasists-more likely than ever to capture readers' imaginations.
In Neil Gaiman's "The Witch's Headstone," a piece taken from his much-anticipated novel in progress, an eight-year-old boy learns the power of kindness from a long-dead sorceress. Only one woman possesses two kinds of magic-enough to unite two kingdoms-in Garth Nix's "Holly and Iron." Patricia A. McKillip's "Naming Day" gives a sorcery student a lesson in breaking the rules. And a famished dove spins a tale worthy of a meal, but perhaps not the truth, in "A Fowl Tale" by Eoin Colfer.
A collection of never-before-published tales by some of the masters of modern fantasy explores the world of wizards, both good and bad, in "The Witch's Headstone" by Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen's "Slipping Sideways Through Eternity," Orson Scott Card's "Stonefather," and other works by Peter S. Beagle, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, Patricia A. McKillip, and other notable authors.
A collection of previously unpublished tales by some of the masters of modern fantasy explores the world of wizards, both good and bad, in stories by Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Peter S. Beagle, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, and other notable authors.
Throughout the ages, the wizard has claimed a spot in human culture-from the shadowy spiritual leaders of early man to precocious characters in blockbuster films. Gone are the cartoon images of wizened gray-haired men in pointy caps creating magic with a wave of their wands. Today's wizards are more subtle in their powers, more discerning in their ways, and-in the hands of modern fantasists-more likely than ever to capture readers' imaginations.
In Neil Gaiman's "The Witch's Headstone," a piece taken from his much-anticipated novel in progress, an eight-year-old boy learns the power of kindness from a long-dead sorceress. Only one woman possesses two kinds of magic-enough to unite two kingdoms-in Garth Nix's "Holly and Iron." Patricia A. McKillip's "Naming Day" gives a sorcery student a lesson in breaking the rules. And a famished dove spins a tale worthy of a meal, but perhaps not the truth, in "A Fowl Tale" by Eoin Colfer.
A collection of never-before-published tales by some of the masters of modern fantasy explores the world of wizards, both good and bad, in "The Witch's Headstone" by Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen's "Slipping Sideways Through Eternity," Orson Scott Card's "Stonefather," and other works by Peter S. Beagle, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, Patricia A. McKillip, and other notable authors.
A collection of previously unpublished tales by some of the masters of modern fantasy explores the world of wizards, both good and bad, in stories by Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Peter S. Beagle, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, and other notable authors.
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