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The Essential Bordertown

by Terri Windling

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Bordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to the all-night clublands where young elves and humans fight and play, all the way up to glittering dragon's Tooth Hill, where high society seals itself away from the street--this is no city to trifle with.

Bordertown. A place of hidden magic, flamboyant artists, runaway teenagers, and pagan motorcycle gangs. The city you always knew was there.

Bordertown was created by Terri Windling, multiple World fantasy Award-winning editor, artist, and writer. Now thirteen of modern fantasy's finest writers return to Bordertown once again, to tell a new cycle of tales of the city. Here are Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Patricia A. McKillip, Felicity Savage, Delia Sherman, Midori Snyder, Caroline Stevermer--and here is bestselling author Steven Brust with "When the Bow Breaks," chosen as a finalist for the Nebula Ward after the hardcover publication of this volume.

Bordertown. It's an attitude and a state of mind. It's elfin light and human sweat. It will never let you go.

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Some of fantasy's strongest voices contribute to this Bordertown anthology, where a once-normal American city is transformed by magical catastrophe to a place where the faerie and human worlds meet.

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crowyhead, March 20, 2007 (view all comments by crowyhead)
This is an anthology of stories set in Bordertown, a gritty city perched between the modern human world and the Realms of Faerie. Interspersed with short stories by such favorites as Charles de Lint, Midori Snyder, and Ellen Kushner are exerpts from a "traveller's guide" to Bordertown, detailing where to find good eats and how to avoid offending the Truebloods (elves to you and me). Like all anthologies, there are stories that are better than others, but overall it's a real gem and a hell of a lot of fun, whether you're new to Bordertown or coming back for a return visit.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312867034
Editor:
Windling, Terri
Editor:
Sherman, Delia
Editor:
Crosby
Editor:
Windling, Terri
Editor:
Sherman, Delia
Author:
Sherman, Delia
Author:
Windling, Terri
Editor:
Crosby
Publisher:
Tor Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Fairy tales
Subject:
Fantasy - Anthologies
Subject:
Fantasy fiction, American
Edition Number:
1st trade pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Pbk
Series Volume:
Nr. 156
Publication Date:
July 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
931x434x87 96

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