From the legendary author of the Elric sagas, this definitive collection captures the incomparable short fiction of one of science fiction and literature's most important contemporary writers. These exceptional stories range effortlessly from the genre tales that continue to define heroic fantasy to the author's critically acclaimed mainstream works. Classic offerings include "The Visible Men," the trilogy "My Experiences in the Third World War," "A Portrait in Ivory," and the Nebula award-winning novella "Behold the Man." With all of his finest stories finally collected in one volume, this is a long-overdue tribute to an extraordinarily gifted, versatile, and much-beloved author.
Contents:
Introduction by John Davery -- A portrait in ivory -- The visible men -- A dead singer -- Lunching with the antichrist -- The opium general -- Behold the man -- A winter admiral -- London bone -- Colour -- My experiences in the third world war. Going to Canada ; Leaving Pasadena ; Crossing into Cambodia -- Doves in the circle -- The deep fix -- The birds of the moon -- The cairene purse -- A slow saturday night at the surrealist sporting club -- Afterword / Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
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