Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year

Product Description Contributors include Steve Rasnic Tem, John Morressy, Delia Sherman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ian Watson, Terry Bisson, Susan Palwick, and R.A. Lafferty. 4 cassettes. From AudioFile This fine selection of magical stories, generally upbeat in tone, invites reading aloud. The readers serve them up with unobtrusive virtuosity which keeps the listener's attention on the story rather than the performance. In particular, both are capable of narrating in an assumed dialect and making it sound natural. Terms like "fantasy" or "magical" may suggest Disney's Aladdin. Not so. These stories have seriousness of purpose, discipline, charm and intelligence. They're a fine introduction to the genre. J.N. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine