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The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy

On sale

10th April 2014

Price: £5.49

Selected:  ebook / ISBN-13: 9781472114808

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This dazzling new collection of off-the-wall fantasies features stories from the minds of the funniest writers in the field, including Esther Friesner, Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, Paul di Filippo, Adam Roberts and Molly Brown. Here are 35 stories guaranteed to reassure us that the next-door world will be just as mad as this one.


It includes a mix of brand-new stories and rare finds or forgotten gems, with a wide range of tales to suit every taste in humour. From the missionary plunged into the bizarre initiation rituals of a lost tribe to the bloke who thought magic would help his love life, from a wizard allergic to magic who sneezes his way into chaos to a man who finds his shoes have taken over control of his life, The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy unfalteringly turns fantasy and horror fiction on its head and makes magic into mayhem. A welcome new shot of comic genius in the sphere of fantasy fiction.

Reviews

Sharon Gosling, SFX Magazine
Fine addition to any fan's library ... The quality of the works that are included is quite superb.
Publishing News
A splendid collection of bizarre comic fantasies.
Birmingham Evening Mail
A bargain read in which to browse, with repeat visits almost a reader requirement. Ashley deserves a medal.
Stan Nicholls, Time Out
Mike Ashley collects 35 stories that amply demonstrate the breadth of the sub-genre, and, by the gods, it's funny!