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Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy
 
 

Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy [Kindle Edition]

Robert Silverberg , Robert Silverberg , Raymond E. Feist , Robert Silverbert , Elizabeth Haydon , Tad Williams , Megan Lindholm as Robin Hobb , Orson Scott Card , Anne McCaffrey , Neil Gaiman , Diana Gabaldon , George R. R. Martin , Terry Brooks
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Brimming with action and energy, wit and charm, pathos and joy, Silverberg's anthology of short novels from 11 masters of fantasy, six of whom contributed to the original Legends (1998), provides a dazzling display of the genre's variety and versatility. Otherland fans will welcome Tad Williams's The Happiest Dead Boy in the World as a chance to visit with an old friend they never thought to see again. George R.R. Martin's The Sworn Sword, which continues the story of Dunk and Egg that he began in the first Legends, will also please his readers. All the returning authors more than live up to their reputations, except for Anne McCaffrey, whose Beyond Between, an ill-conceived explanation of what happens when a dragon fails to return from between, strikes the book's lone sour note. Yet for all the returnees' star power, it's the new authors who truly shine here. Elizabeth Haydon's entry, Threshold, follows five doomed friends left to guard the remnants of a civilization about to be destroyed in a cataclysm after most of the populace has already fled to a safe haven: a stunning tale of courage and honor, duty and friendship, it may be the book's best entry. Robin Hobb's Homecoming, the story of the settlement of the Rain Wild River and one woman's journey to independence, is the other contender. Terry Brooks, Diana Gabaldon, Raymond E. Feist, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman and Silverberg round out the all-star cast.
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Many contributors to Legends (1998), Silverberg's first collection of short(er) stories set in the worlds of their authors' successful fantasy series, return in the follow-up. Anne McCaffrey offers a freestanding tale of Pern; Raymond E. Feist, a tale from the middle of his Riftwar saga; George R. R. Martin, a direct successor to his Legends contribution about a squire on the way to knighthood and his peculiar boy sidekick; editor Silverberg, another Majipoor story; and Orson Scott Card, a yarn in which Alvin Maker meets some of the Alamo's destined defenders. Splash first timers include romantic historical fantasist Diana Gabaldon, of Outlander fame, with an episode in her Lord John Grey series; Neil Gaiman, with a story starring Shadow, hero of his award-winning American Gods (2001) and named after Sir Edwin Landseer's famous painting Monarch of the Glen; and Robin Hobb, whose creepy, Liveship Traders-related "Homecoming" (think H. P. Lovecraft rewriting The Swiss Family Robinson) opens this book and sets the bar of quality extremely high for what follows. Ray Olson
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Of course this book is a necessary addition to anyones collection of George Martin books, including my own. But I do not agree with the previous critic about the other stories. Card's Yazoo Queen story was so captivating, funny and well-written that it stuck with me for a long time. So much so in fact, that I wanted to read the whole Alvin Maker series, and am now going to order this Legends book for the sole purpose of having my Alvin Maker series complete.

Having that wonderful insight into my beloved rain wilds (Homecoming by Robin Hobb, the Empress of fantasy), the witty and interesting promise of Diana Gabaldon's John Grey Series and Tad Williams urging me to give his Otherworld series another chance with "The happiest dead boy in the world" are just a bonus!

I'm going to enjoy re-reading all these stories to see what series I'm going to fill my bookshelf with next. I suggest you ignore the previous speaker and do the same ;).
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For all fans of A Song of Ice and Fire, this is a must buy but only because of George Martin`s Sworn Swords novella. This is a wonderful story and tells much about the history of Westeros when the Targaryens still ruled like the Battle on Redgrass Field and Lord Bloodraven.

The other stories (except for Elizabeth Haydon's, who at least has something going on in hers) are a sorry lot. Why shall Terry Brooks be counted among the greatest writers on fantasy, as the cover claims - all he ever did was steal shamelessly from Tolkien with his Shannara cycle.

The biggest disappointment though was Orson Scott Card and his "Yazoo Queen" set in the Alvin Maker universe. This one is extremely boring, no twists in the story (because there is no plot) poorly written, full of wanna-be witty dialogues between the two-dimensional protagonists and -I have to repeat it - there is nothing going on in it! To put this story in here, Robert Silverberg must have been in sore need of a page filler or he simply did owe Mr Card a big favour. The editor is as much to blame as the writer.

So, if you're a Martin fan (and who is not these days?) buy it, otherwise shun it like Terry Brooks does it with innovations.

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Dieser zweite Sammelband beinhaltet Kurzgeschichten von elf führenden Fantasy-Autoren, von denen sechs bereits 1998 in LEGENDS I veröffentlicht wurden. Die Beiträge von Tad Williams (diesmal eine Erweiterung des Charakters von Orlando aus OTHERWORLD), George R.R. Martin, der nahtlos an den humorvollen und innovativen Stil seiner Kurzgeschichte aus Legends I anschließt, und dem "neuen Stern" am Fantasy-Himmel Elizabeth Haydon (eine fesselnde Geschichte zum Hintergrund der RHAPSODY Serie) fallen besonders ins Auge!

Natürlich beehrt uns auch der Herausgeber Robert Silverberg wieder mit einer Geschichte vom Planeten Majipoor, die allerdings in der Masse von qualitativ hochwertigen Beiträgen untergeht. Die Wiederbelebung von Raimond E. Feist's Geschichten aus Midkemia nach der mittelmäßigen "Betrayal of Krondor" Serie ist dagegen eine positive Überraschung. Auch Robin Hobb's Erzählung verursacht ein gewissen Jucken, sich wieder einmal ihre vorherigen Bücher vorzuknöpfen. Vor allem Besitzern der Legends I würde ich den Kauf dieses Sammelbandes ans Herz legen!

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