The Big Book of Modern Fantasy

( n/a )

anthology

translated by various

edited by Ann VanderMeer, and Jeff VanderMeer

Published: Vintage Books - trade paperback - 2020
ISBN: 0525563865 / 9780525563860

Vintage Books - e-book- 2020
eISBN: 0525563873 / 9780525563877

contents
Introduction ( The Big Book of Modern Fantasy ) - essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
Ten Rounds with Grandfather Clock - short story by Maurice Richardson ( 1946 )
The Circular Valley - short story by Paul Bowles ( 1950 )
Signs and Symbols - short story by Vladimir Nabokov ( 1948 )
The Zahir - short story by Jorge Luis Borges ( aka El Zahir 1947 ) ( translated by Andrew Hurley )
Liane the Wayfarer - short story by Jack Vance ( 1950 )
Poolwana's Orchid - short story by Edgar Mittelholzer ( 2018 )
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles - short story by Margaret St. Clair ( 1951 )
O Ugly Bird! - short story by Manly Wade Wellman ( 1951 )
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts ( excerpt ) - short fiction by Amos Tutuola ( 1954 )
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - short story by Gabriel García Márquez ( aka Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes 1955 ) ( translated by Gregory Rabassa )
The Anything Box - short story by Zenna Henderson ( 1956 )
Lean Times in Lankhmar - novelette by Fritz Leiber ( 1959 )
The Dreaming City - novelette by Michael Moorcock ( 1961 )
Travel - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Viajes 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
On the Preservation of Memories - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Conservación de los recuerdos 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Clocks - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Relojes 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
The Lunch - short story Julio Cortázar ( aka El almuerzo 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Handkerchiefs - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Pañuelos 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Business - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Comercio 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Philanthropy - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Filantropía 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
The Public Highways - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka The Public Highways 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Song of the Cronopios - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka El canto de los cronopios 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Story - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Historia 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
The Narrow Spoonful - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka La cucharada estrecha 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
The Photo Came Out Blurred - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka La foto salió movida 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Eugenics - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Eugenesia 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
His Faith in the Sciences - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Su fe en las ciencias 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Never Stop the Presses - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Never Stop the Presses 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Improprieties in Public Space - short story by Julio Cortázar ( akaInconvenientes en los servicios públicos 1962 )
Make Yourself at Home - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Haga como si estuviera en casa 1962 )
Therapies - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Terapias 1962 )
The Particular and the Universal - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Lo particular y lo universal 1962 )
The Explorers - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Los exploradores 1962 )
Education of the Prince - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Educación de príncipe 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Place the Stamp in the Upper Right-Hand Corner of the Envelope - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Pegue la estampilla en el ángulosuperior derecho del sobre 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Telegrams - short story by Julio Cortázar ( akaTelegramas 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Lion and Cronopio - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka León y cronopio 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Condor and Cronopio - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Cóndor y cronopio 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Flower and Cronopio - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Flor y cronopio 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Fama and Eucalyptus - short story by Julio Cortázar ( aka Fama y eucalipto 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Turtles and Cronopio - short story b Julio Cortázar ( aka Tortugas y cronopios 1962 ) ( translated by Paul Blackthorn )
Kaya-Kalp ( Metamorphosis ) - short story by Intizar Husain ( انتظار حسین ) ( aka Kaya-Kalp ( کایا کلپ ) 1962 ) ( translated by C.H. Haim )
The Last Dragon in the World - short story by Tove Jansson ( aka Historien om den sista draken i världen 1962 ) ( translated by Thomas Warburton )
The Drowned Giant - short story by J. G. Ballard ( 1964 )
The Monster - excerpt by Satu Waltari ( aka Hirviö ( from Hämärän matkamiehet )1964 )
Narrow Valley - short story by R. A. Lafferty ( 1966 )
The Sinister Apartment - excerpt by Mikhail Bulgakov ( Михаил Булгаков ) ( aka ( from ) Master i Margarita ( Мастер и Маргарита ) 1928-40 ) ( translated by Ekaterina Sedia )
The Origin of the Birds - short story by Italo Calvino ( aka L'origine degli Uccelli 1967 ) ( translated by William Weaver )
The Prey - short story by Bilge Karasu ( aka Avından el alan 1980 ) ( translated by Aron Aji )
The Topless Tower - novella by Silvina Ocampo ( aka La torre sin fin 1968 ) ( translated by James Womack? )
The Barbarian - novelette by Joanna Russ ( 1968 )
The Youngest Doll - short story by Rosario Ferré ( aka La muñenca menor 1972 ) ( translated by author and Diana Vélez )
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1973 )
Ark of Bones - short story by Henry Dumas ( 1974 )
Winged Creatures - novelette by Sylvia Townsend Warner ( 1977 )
Linnaeus Forgets - short story by Fred Chappell ( 1977 )
The Erl-King- short story by Angela Carter ( variant of The Erlking 1977 )
The Great Night of the Trains - short story by Sara Gallardo ( aka La gran noche de los trenes 1977 ) ( translated by Jessica Sequeira )
The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers - novelette by Samuel R. Delany ( 1979 )
The White Horse Child - short story by Greg Bear ( 1979 )
The Dreamstone - short story by C. J. Cherryh ( 1979 )
Five Letters from an Eastern Empire - novella by Alasdair Gray ( 1979 )
The Ice Dragon - novelette by George R. R. Martin ( 1980 )
One Time - poem by Leslie Marmon Silko ( 1981)
Sister Light, Sister Dark -• short story by Jane Yolen ( 1983 )
The Luck in the Head - novelette by M. John Harrison ( 1984 )
Warlock at the Wheel - short story by Diana Wynne Jones ( 1984 )
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut - novelette by Stephen King ( 1984 )
On the Dark Side of the Station Where the Train Never Stops - short story by Pat Murphy ( 1984 )
After the Hurricane - short story by Edgardo Sanabria Santaliz ( aka Después del huracán 1984 ) ( translated by Beth Baugh )
The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighborhood - short story by Rachel Pollack ( variant of The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighbourhood 1984 )
The Bystander ( 19th letter from Tainaron ) - excerpt by Leena Krohn ( 1985 ) ( translated by Hildi Hawkins )
Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme - short story by Karen Joy Fowler ( variant of Wild Boys 1986 )
The Mole King - short story by Marie Hermanson ( aka Mullvadskungen 1986 ) ( translated by Charlie Haldén )
What the Tapster Saw - short story by Ben Okri ( 1998 )
The Fool •- novelette by David Drake ( 1987 )
The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico - short story by Antonio Tabucchi ( aka I volatili del Beato Angelico 1987 ) ( translated by Tim Parks )
A Mexican Fairy Tale - short story by Leonora Carrington ( 1988 )
The Boy in the Tree - novelette by Elizabeth Hand ( 1989 )
TV People - short story by Haruki Murakami ( 村上春樹 ) ( aka TV pīpuru ( TVピープル ) 1989 ) ( translated by Alfred Birnbaum )
Alice in Prague or The Curious Room - short story by Angela Carter ( 1990 )
Moon Songs - short story by Carol Emshwiller ( 1990 )
The Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII - short story by Victor Pelevin ( Виктор Пелевин ) ( aka Zhizn' i priklyucheniya saraya Nomer XII ( Жизнь и приключения сарая Номер XII ) 1992 ) ( translated by Andrew Bromfield )
The Fellowship of the Dragon - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip ( 1992 )
Troll Bridge - short story by Terry Pratchett ( 1992 )
Longing for Blood - novelette by Vilma Kadlečková ( aka Mé rty budou toužit po krvi 1995 ) ( translated by Martin Klima and Bruce Sterling )
A Brief Visit to Bonnyville - short story by D. F. Lewis ( 1995 )
Travels with the Snow Queen - novelette by Kelly Link ( 1996 )
The Neurosis of Containment - short story by Rikki Ducornet ( 1996 )
The Darktree Wheel - novella by Rhys Hughes ( 1998 )
Fœtus - short story by Shelley Jackson ( variant of Foetus 2002 )
Tan-Tan and Dry Bone - short story by Nalo Hopkinson ( 1999 )
Where Does the Town Go at Night? - novelette by Tanith Lee ( 1999 )
Pop Art - novelette by Joe Hill ( 2001 )
State Secrets of Aphasia - novelette by Stepan Chapman ( 2002 )
The Window - short story by Tatyana Tolstaya ( Татьяна Толстая ) ( aka Okoshko ( Окошко ) 2003 ) ( translated by Anya Migdal )
The Weight of Words - novelette by Jeffrey Ford ( 2002 )
All the Water in the World - short story by Han Song ( 韩松 ) ( aka Tiānxià zhī shuǐ ( 天下之水 ) 2002 ) ( translated by Anna Holmwood )
The Kite of Stars -short story by Dean Francis Alfar ( aka L'Aquilone du Estrellas 2003 )
Mogo - short story by Alberto Chimal ( aka Mogo 2003 ) ( translated by Lawrence Schimel )
The Malady of Ghostly Cities - short story by Nathan Ballingrud ( 2003 )
End of the Line - short story by Aimee Bender ( 2005 )
I Left My Heart in Skaftafell - short story by Victor LaValle ( 2004)
The Grassdreaming Tree - short story by Sheree Renée Thomas ( 2004 )
La Peau Verte - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan ( 2005 )
A Hard Truth About Waste Management - short story by Sumanth Prabhaker
Bufo Rex - short story by Erik Amundsen ( 2007 )
The Arrest of the Great Mimille - novelette by Antoine Volodine ( as by Manuela Draeger ) ( aka L'arrestation de la grande Mimille 2007 ) ( translated by Valerie Mariana & Brian Everson )
Aunts - short story by Karin Tidbeck ( aka Tanterna 2007 ) ( translated by author )
For Life - novelette by Marta Kisiel ( aka Dożywocie 2007 ) ( translated by Kate Webster )
The Spring of Dongke Temple - short story by Qitongren ( 骑桶人 ) ( aka 东柯僧院的春天 2007 ) ( translated by Liu Jue )
The Wordeaters - short story by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
Creature - short story by Ramsey Shehadeh
Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe - novelette by Garth Nix ( 2008 )
The Bear Dresser's Secret - short story by Richard Bowes ( 2009 )
Table with Ocean - short story by Alberto Chimal ( aka Mesa con mar 2009 ) ( translated by Lawrence Schimel )
The Jinn Darazgosh: A Fable Relating How the Curiosity of a Jinn Led to Unhappy Results and Brought About the Closure of the Heavens Upon His Race - short story by Musharraf Ali Farooqi ( 2010 )