Giants (anthology)

Giants

Cover of first edition
Author	edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
Cover artist	Kinuko Y. Kraft
Language	English
Series	Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
Genre	Fantasy and science fiction short stories
Publisher	Signet/New American Library
Publication date	1985
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	352 pp.
ISBN	0-451-13922-4
Preceded by	Spells
Followed by	Mythical Beasties

Giants is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of giants edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the fifth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in November 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987.

The book collects twelve novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

Contents

• "Introduction: Giants in the Earth" (Isaac Asimov)
• "The Riddle of Ragnarok" (Theodore Sturgeon)
• "Straggler from Atlantis" (Manly Wade Wellman)
• "He Who Shrank" (Henry Hasse)
• "From the Dark Waters" (David Drake)
• "Small Lords" (Frederik Pohl)
• "The Mad Planet" (Murray Leinster)
• "Dreamworld" (Isaac Asimov)
• "The Thirty and One" (David H. Keller, M.D.)
• "The Law-Twister Shorty" (Gordon R. Dickson)
• "In the Lower Passage" (Harle Oren Cummins)
• "Cabin Boy" (Damon Knight)
• "The Colossus of Ylourgne" (Clark Ashton Smith)