Description: "As Tom Shippey puts it, in his unfailingly intelligent and interesting introduction to The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, 'the rule is that sorcerers always lose.' Tom Shippey has chosen well, and his choice of stories accurately reflects the themes and moods of the genre as a whole."--Times Literary Supplement"Shippey discusses the long tradition of fantasy and then offers stories from 1888 through 1992 to illustrate its growth in this century....Vast, mythic, and wild."--Booklist"Excellent selection--comprehensive and representative. Good introduction and useful bibliography (and attractive design too)."--Gene Doty, University of Missouri-Rolla"Those who already admire Shippey for his Tolkien book now have reason to respect his taste in other fantasy tales."--Professor Michael Foster, Illinois Central College

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