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Summary: A treat for myth lovers
Review: This book won the 2003 World Fantasy Award, and it's easy to see why. There are wonderful stories here by many fine writers, including Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Midori Snyder, Delia Sherman, Patricia McKillip, Tanith Lee, Jeffrey Ford, and many others, a real Who's Who of the fantasy field. I'm not sure why the reviewers below were surprised that the stories are aimed at teenagers -- this book is a Young Adult anthology, published by Viking Children's Books, so what else did they expect? Nonetheless, there is plenty for adult readers here too, if you love myth, magic, and the timeless concerns of coming-of-age.
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Summary: Enchanting
Review: Yet another brilliant collection from Datlow and Windling. "The Green Man" takes you furthur into the otherworldly forest realm with each new story. I could not stop reading, knowing that with each new author came another tale I knew I wanted to get lost in. The beautiful chapter illustrations by Charles Vess serve as more than decoration, but set the stage for the next story to be ensared by. His ability to capture the spirit of a story in only a few inches of ink is reason enough to buy this book for me. The enchanting stories by such greats as Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman and Gregory MacGuire are a pretty good reason too.
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