Legends (anthology)

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas (short novels) by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg.^[1] All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.^[2][3] The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.^[4] Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy

First edition cover
Editor	Robert Silverberg
Author	Various
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Published	August 25, 1998
Publisher	Voyager Books
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	708
ISBN	0-312-86787-5
OCLC	183214571
Dewey Decimal	813/.0876608 21
LC Class	PS648.F3 L44 1998
Followed by	Legends II

The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.^[5]

Contents

• Stephen King: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (The Dark Tower)
• Terry Goodkind: "Debt of Bones" (The Sword of Truth)
• Orson Scott Card: "Grinning Man" (The Tales of Alvin Maker)
• Robert Silverberg: "The Seventh Shrine" (Majipoor)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: "Dragonfly" (Earthsea)
• Raymond E. Feist: "The Wood Boy" (The Riftwar Cycle)
• Terry Pratchett: "The Sea and Little Fishes" (Discworld)
• George R. R. Martin: The Hedge Knight (novella, A Song of Ice and Fire)
• Tad Williams: "The Burning Man" (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn)
• Anne McCaffrey: "Runner of Pern" (Dragonriders of Pern)
• Robert Jordan: "New Spring" (The Wheel of Time)

Editions

• A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225666-5.
• A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225667-3.

A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.

• Volume One ISBN 0-00-648394-1 - published on November 1, 1999, containing:
  • "The Sea and Little Fishes"
  • "Runner of Pern"
  • "The Hedge Knight"
  • "The Burning Man"
  • "New Spring"
• Volume Two ISBN 0-00-648393-3 - published on April 3, 2000 (a special overseas edition (same details) was issued in 1999), both containing:
  • "The Little Sisters of Eluria"
  • "Debt of Bones"
  • "Grinning Man"
  • "The Seventh Shrine"
  • "Dragonfly"
  • "The Wood Boy"

Serialization

In 1999 Tor Books decided to re-release the stories from the anthology, now split across three volumes.

• Legends Vol. 1 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-6663-7 - "The Little Sisters of Eluria", "The Seventh Shrine", "Grinning Man", and "The Wood Boy"
• Legends Vol. 2 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-7523-7 - "Debt of Bones", "The Hedge Knight", and "Runner of Pern"
• Legends Vol. 3 (2000) ISBN 0-8125-6664-5 - "New Spring", "Dragonfly", "The Burning Man", and "The Sea and Little Fishes"

Reception

Legends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.^[4]

See also

• Novels portal

• Far Horizons
• Legends II

References

1. "Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
2. Silver, Steven. "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". SF Site. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
3. "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Macmillan Publishers.
4. "1999 Locus Awards: Anthology". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
5. "LEGENDS II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

External links

• Legends title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Legends series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database