Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II
 Cover of Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II | |
| Author | edited by Lin Carter |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gervasio Gallardo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy series |
| Genre | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | viii, 248 pp. |
| Preceded by | Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I |
Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II is an anthology of fantasy novellas, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifty-sixth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in March, 1973. It was the eighth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.
The book collects four novellas by as many fantasy authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. It is a companion volume to Carter's earlier Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I (1972).
Contents
- "Introduction" (Lin Carter)
- "The Woman in the Mirror" (George Macdonald, Phantastes)
- "The Repairer of Reputations" (Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow)
- "The Transmutation of Ling" (Ernest Bramah, The Wallet of Kai Lung)
- "The Lavender Dragon" (Eden Phillpotts, The Lavender Dragon)
Reception
Theodore Sturgeon reported the stories "run from great to quaint."[1]
References
- ^ "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1973, p.88
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