Legends - Robert Silverberg

Did you ever have a careers day at school? You know the one, were various professions would come and try and convince you to sign up. “Legends” is very much like a “careers day” in book form. Imagine a group of established fantasy writers coming round to your house and offering you snippets of their most famous works in an attempt to hook you into their world. Of course, if this should also make you go out and buy everything they have written then great! You see “Legends” is billed as, “Eleven new works by the masters of modern Fantasy” but in reality it is a taster book of short stories. The editor, Robert Silverberg has cleverly assembled a collection ...  Read the complete review

Category: fantasy short stories Series/position: several (see below), mostly ‘prequels’ This is a fantastic book for anyone who loves fantasy. Eleven of the top fantasy writers have contributed a previously unpublished short story, each set in the writer’s best-known fantasy series. I think the most important bit of information you need, therefore, is what series are in there… *Stephen King – Dark Tower “The Little Sisters of Eluria” Set before the first book in this fantastic series, The Gunslinger, this tells the story of an episode of Roland’s adventure while he’s still trying to find ...  Read the complete review