Other Worlds Than These
Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · July 1, 2012
A Fantasy pick for readers exploring Other Worlds Than These.
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- Who it’s for
- A doorway into fiction’s many possible worlds, from near variations to magic-filled elsewhere.
- Themes
- Parallel worlds, Portal fantasy, Worlds of magic and wonder
- Genres
- Fantasy Anthologies, Sci-Fi Short Stories, Short Story Anthologies
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What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world? We can all imagine such “other worlds”--be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder--but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them.
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From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume--until now.
Worlds Beyond Here
A doorway into fiction’s many possible worlds, from near variations to magic-filled elsewhere.
Come here for
- Parallel worlds that differ by a hair—or by magic.
- Portal-fantasy traditions gathered in one volume.
Expect
- A collection centered on journeys to possible worlds.
- Stories ranging from familiar landmarks to worlds of wonder.
Where it sits
| Fantasy Anthologies | 91% |
|---|---|
| Sci-Fi Short Stories | 59% |
| Short Story Anthologies | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- Sci-Fi Short Stories
- Time Travel Fiction
- Authors
- John Joseph Adams
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- July 1, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Parallel worlds · Portal fantasy · Worlds of magic and wonder
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies