If you like Terry Pratchett.... (The Flying Sorcerers - Peter Haining)

Member Name: cathy

Product:	The Flying Sorcerers - Peter Haining
Date:	20/08/00 (25 review reads)
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Advantages: excellent collection of short stories

Disadvantages: ...now I need more of the same

If you like your fantasy with a touch of fun and you're into short stories, you will probably enjoy "The Flying Sorcerers" from Orbit, edited by Peter Haining.

The list of contributors reads like the Official Who's Who in Fantasy Fiction.

In Section 1 Hordes of The Things - comic fantasies, you'll find "Turntables of the Night" by Terry Pratchett where the world or Rock Memorabilia has a brush with Death - a character already known and loved by his Discworld fans. In this section too, you'll discover tales by L Sprague De Camp, Eric Knight, CS Lewis, Kurt Vonnegut Jr and even PG Wodehouse.

Section 2 Deadly Nightshapes - tales of the supernatural has offerings from Angela Carter, Robert Bloch and Michael Moorcock to nae but a few.

Section 3 Vacant Space - Stories of Science Fiction includes From Gustible's Planet - a rare collectors item from Cordwainer Smith, (one of my all time favourite Sci-fi authors), plus The Golden Years of the Stainless Steel Rat from Harry Harrison - Slippery Jim diGrisz in yet another tight spot! Will he escape? Will he save the World? Well - he IS the stainless steel rat. Tales here too from Arthur C Clarke and Robert Sheckley and more.

A brilliant mixture of classic and new fantasy tales with a bit of a funny bone. I received this as a gift on my last birthday - and I am now hot on the trail of the first in the series "The Wizards of Odd". Highly recommended.

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