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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.0876608
EAN num: 9780312356149
ISBN number: 0312356145
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 608
Printing Date: August 22, 2006
Publishing house: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: August 22, 2006
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For nearly two decades, readers have turned to The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant continue this critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen works ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magic realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors’ invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and sections on graphic novels, by Charles Vess; on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge; on media, by Ed Bryant; and on music, by Charles de Lint. With a long list of Honorable Mentions, this is an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.
Isabel Allende  
Laird Barron  
Elizabeth Bear   
Andrew Bonia  
Chaz Brenchley  
Tom Brennan  
Jack Cady  
Jennifer Chang
Robert Coover 
Albert E. Cowdrey  
Kelly Everding  
Jeffrey Ford   
Theodora Goss 
Elizabeth Hand 
Joe Hill  
Glen Hirshberg  
Pentti Holappa 
Dave Hutchinson  
China Miéville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schäfer 
Sarah Monette 
Ralph Robert Moore 
Adam L.G. Nevill  
Kim Newman 
Reggie Oliver  
Chuck Palahniuk  
Stacey Richter 
Barbara Roden 
Deborah Roggie  
Jay Russell 
Geoff Ryman  
Mark Samuels  
Willa Schneberg  
Nisi Shawl  
Delia Sherman 
Bruce Sterling  
Howard Waldrop 
Daniel Wallace  
Marley Youmans   




Customer Reviews
User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Not Free SF Reader
This volume is considerably better than the year before, upping the average to 3.39.

The introduction going over fantasy and horror media is over 100 pages. The bizarre thing is that they shortened the anime/manga section, yet still have space for a music column that talks about world music? If horror, etc., where is all the metal or goth music, etc. It is fine if de Lint likes that stuff, but a complete waste of space and pretty much zero relevance to fantasy and horror fiction interest for most of it. So apart from not being relevant, it isn't even thorough and not relevant, presumably because he doesn't listen to that sort of range. Pretty sure Vinge's column that would talk about written material partly, would certainly be of more interest. It certainly was a high point last year.

In general, the horror content is rather stronger than the fantasy - in some cases it appears that all the editors liked a story, as all their initials are on the story intro. They do mention the breakdowns of horror and fantasy on their own websites - but no mention of urls or indications in tables of contents which they consider which. Is this done to keep people happy to claim one of the other story as a particular genre? Dunno. Odd. Same thing with books that are SF and Fantasy seems to happen, though, so must be some reason.

I'd probably go as far as calling this book a 4.25, perhaps.

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Walpurgis Afternoon - Delia Sherman
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Mushroom Duchess - Deborah Roggie
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : An Incident at Agate Beach - Marly Youmans
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Among the Tombs - Reggie Oliver
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : American Morons - Glen Hirshberg
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Shallaballah - Mark Samuels
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Denial - Bruce Sterling
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Northwest Passage - Barbara Roden
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Proboscis - Laird Barron
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Kronia - Elizabeth Hand
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Follow Me Light - Elizabeth Bear
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Boatman's Holiday - Jeffrey Ford
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Horse of a Different Colour (That You Rode in On) - Howard Waldrop
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Where Angels Come In (M.R. James) - Adam L. G. Nevill
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Twilight States - Albert E. Cowdrey
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai - Geoff Ryman
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Souls of Drowning Mountain - Jack Cady
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Last One - Robert Coover
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Ball Room - China Mieville and Emma Bircham and Max Schaefer
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Vacation - Daniel Wallace
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Cruel Sistah - Nisi Shawl
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Ding-Dong Bell - Jay Russell
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Case Study of Emergency Room Procedure and Risk Management by Hospital Staff Members in the Urban Facility - Stacey Richter
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Scribble Mind - Jeffrey Ford
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Scarecrow - Tom Brennan
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Going the Jerusalem Mile - Chaz Brenchley
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Boman - Pentti Holappa
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Machine of a Religious Man - Ralph Robert Moore
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Hot Potting - Chuck Palahniuk
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : My Father's Mask - Joe Hill
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Guggenheim Lovers - Isabel Allende
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : A Statement in the Case - Theodora Goss
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : Pavement Artist - Dave Hutchinson
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19 : The Gypsies in the Wood - Kim Newman


Witchiness good for gardens.

3.5 out of 5


Fungus tea bogeywoman.

3.5 out of 5


Stone dead hubby.

3 out of 5


Potty woman's possession problem.

3.5 out of 5


Dirtwritten yankee sacrifice.

4 out of 5


Celebrity puppet hanger.

4 out of 5


We're dead, stupid.

3.5 out of 5


You don't know Jack about hills having eyes.

4 out of 5


Bounty hunter mound terror.

4 out of 5


Bike bingle backstory breakdown.

3.5 out of 5


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Rated by buyers 1 out of 5 stars - Weak
I enjoyed the selections made in the past by Windling and Datlow, they have truly opened my eyes to many writers that I would never have considered reading and even one story that I still gives me nightmares! These compilations were always great for assisting me in locating books written by up and coming authors and their recommendations are generally dead on....however, since the series has added two new editors the quality of stories has dropped dramatically. Gone are the truly scary and wonderous stories of previous additions. I keep buying and hoping that the series improves and I can once again rely on it as a solid anthology.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - A must-have, must-read anthology
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 2006: Nineteenth Annual Edition, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant, is a tour de force of writing talent no fan of fantasy should pass-up. The horror is especially horrific, and the fantasy whimsical, albeit there is a fine line drawn here between the two genres. I am admittedly a horror story addict and will hunt down the dark stuff very first off, which I did with this anthology; however, it was not long before I realized that much of the fantasy had dark underpinnings too. I found myself jumping all over the book in a mad rush to read this story and that one because they were all so good.

The book kicks-off with Delia Sherman's light-hearted fantasy about witches in "Walpurgis Afternoon," and finishes with Kim Newman's darkly fantastic novelette, "The Gypsies in the Wood." In between these were standouts "Proboscis" by Laird Barron, "An Incident at Agate Beach" by Marley Youmans, "Among the Tombs" by Reggie Oliver, "Northwest Passage" by Barbara Roden, "American Morons" by Glen Hirshberg, "Follow Me Light" by Elizabeth Bear (this story made me think of Dagon), "Scarecrow" by Tom Brennan, "My Father's Mask" by Joe Hill (outstanding!). The table of contents goes on and on with standouts, reflecting masterful storytelling at its best from all. The authors are as follows, with the exception of those already mentioned:

Deborah Roggie
Jennifer Chang
Mark Samuels
Sarah Monette
Bruce Sterling
Elizabeth Hand
Kelly Everding
Jeffrey Ford
Howard Waldrop
Adam L. G. Nevill
Albert E. Cowdrey
Andrew Bonia
Geoff Ryman
Jack Cady
Robert Coover
China Miéville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schäfer
Theodora Goss
Daniel Wallace
Nisi Shawl
Jay Russell
Stacey Richter
Chaz Brenchley
Willa Schneberg
Pentti Holappa
Ralph Robert Moore
Chuck Palahniuk
Isabel Allende
Dave Hutchinson

A line-up of authors whose stories will keep you engaged ... highly recommended reading!



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - excellent anthology
The nineteenth annual fantasy and horror collection of forty tales is as always consists of top selections accompanied by seven essays. In the fantasy summation, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant point out that there were many fewer genre anthologies than normal, but that they still had too many strong entries to choose from. Ellen Datlow, on the other hand, felt that the horror genre had an increase in terms of magazines and anthologies to select from, insisting she could have filled three books this year with quality tales. As always the inclusions (from both genres) run the table in terms of themes and format. Fans receive a taste of what happened in 2005, especially how wide the genres have become. There are also treatises on media ("horror does better during Republican administrations"), graphic novels, anime and manga, music, and obits in a year in which superstars Andre Norton and Will Eisner, etc. passed away. Though this reviewer enjoys the articles that summarize 2005, it is once again the included tales that make this compilation from famous, almost famous and the newbies a sure shot at award nomination time as this is an excellent entry in one of the superior, if not the best, annual collections.




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