ANN VANDERMEER currently serves as an acquiring editor for Tor.com
and Weird Fiction Review and is the editor-in-residence for Shared
Worlds. She was the editor-in-chief for Weird Tales for five years,
work for which she won a Hugo Award. She also has won a World
Fantasy Award and a British Fantasy Award for coediting The Weird:
A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories.
JEFF VANDERMEER is the New York Times bestselling author of the
Southern Reach trilogy, the first novel of which, Annihilation, won
the Shirley Jackson Award and was made into a film by Paramount
Pictures. His recent novel Borne has been selected for the NEA Big
Reads program and was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY
“An anthology of this breadth and depth will have stories that will
please almost any kind of fantasy reader . . . an essential read
for any passionate reader, period.” —Booklist, starred
“Encyclopedic. . . . Encompasses undeniable masterworks. . . .
Offer[s] beloved cult figures. . . . A treasure
trove.” —Publishers Weekly
“Comprehensive. . . with an impressively wide variety of stories .
. . . This doorstopper of an anthology will surely entertain
fantasy fans.” —Kirkus
“Over 800 pages of bliss-inducing non-mimetic goodness . . .
Every item in this book justifies its inclusion . . . The
VanderMeers might be hanging up their editorial Indiana Jones hats
and bullwhips, but they have left a definitive legacy that will be
hard to top.” —Paul Di Filippo, Locus
"This collection is truly unique, worthy of a read, or better yet,
deserves a place on anyone’s literary bookshelf." —Authorlink
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