The Year's finest fantasy

by Terry Carr (Editor)

Other authorsStephen King (Contributor.), Ray Bradbury (Contributor.), Stephen R. Donaldson (Contributor.), R. A. Lafferty (Contributor.), Harlan Ellison (Contributor.), Charles Sheffield (Contributor.), Susan Wood (Contributor.), Michael Bishop (Contributor.), Avram Davidson (Contributor.), Raylyn Moore (Contributor.)

Hardcover, 1979

Status

Available

Publication

New York : Berkley Publishing Corp. : distributed by Putnam, c1978-1979

User reviews

LibraryThing member pamkaye

There are 10 stories in this book. Many are worth the couple of minutes they take to read. A few are disappointing. A couple are memorable and stick with you long after reading them.

My favorites are:

The Cat From Hell (Stephen King) - of course anything from King is memorable. I am a cat lover, so

this was great. A cat gets revenge for wrongs done to his kind.

Jeffty Is Five (Harlan Ellison) - The story of a boy who refuses to grow up, literally. Interesting tale of the supernatural, mind over matter and time. Ended by stupidity of another.

Growing Boys (Robert Aickman) - 2 young mischievous boys? 2 boys without parental structure? 2 monsters? You decide!!

My least favorites are:

Black As The Pit, From Pole To Pole (Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop) - Too long, didn't hold my interest. The senseless journey of Frankenstein's monster.

Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight (Auram Davidson) - Boring, uninteresting. I couldn't take the lousy Jamaican accent that was supposed to be portrayed.

I would be remise if I didn't mention Probability Storm by Julian Reed. The story of a disembodied gentleman in a bar. The tale is weird and confusing, but interesting and likable.

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