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| Genre/Form: | short stories Fantasy fiction Fiction Short stories Nouvelles Romans, nouvelles, etc |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mahvesh Murad; Jared Shurin; Hermès; Kamila Shamsie; Kuzhali Manickavel; Claire North; Neon Yang; Monica Byrne; Helene Wecker; Maria Dahvana Headley; Amal El-Mohtar; J P Smythe; Sami Shah; Catherine Faris King; E J Swift; K J Parker; Saad Z Hossain; Neil Gaiman; Jamal Mahjoub; Sophia Al-Maria; Kirsty Logan; Usman T Malik; Nnedi Okorafor |
| ISBN: | 9781781084168 1781084165 9781781084175 1781084173 |
| OCLC Number: | 974769684 |
| Description: | 278 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | The Djinn falls in love / Hermes -- The congregation / Kamila Shamsie -- How we remember you / Kuzhali Manickavel -- Hurrem and the Djinn / Claire North -- Glass lights / J.Y. Yang -- Authenticity / Monica Byrne -- Majnun / Helene Wecker -- Black powder / Maria Dahvana Headley -- A tale of ash in seven birds / Amal El-Mohtar -- The sand in the glass is right / James Smythe -- Reap / Sami Shah -- Queen of Sheba / Catherine Faris King -- The Jinn hunter's apprentice / E.J. Swift -- Message in a bottle / K.J. Parker -- Bring your own spoon / Saad Z. Hossain -- Somewhere in America / Neil Gaiman -- Duende 2077 / Jamal Mahjoub -- The righteous guide of Arabsat / Sophia Al-Maria -- The spite house / Kirsty Logan -- Emperors of Jinn / Usman T. Malik -- History / Nnedi Okorafor. |
| Other Titles: | Djinn falls in love and other stories Djinn falls in love |
| Responsibility: | edited by Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin. |
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"Exquisite and audacious, and highly recommended." -- The New York Times * The New York Times * "Entertaining, sexy and mischievous" -- Marina Warner -- Marina Warner "A treasure chest of literally wonderful and marvelous stories, with a kind of richness that fantasy only rarely achieves." -- Tim Powers -- Tim Powerrs "Opens quietly with an intense, thrumming poem from Egyptian poet Hermes, and then ignites like the creature it profiles... a rich and illuminating cultural experience." -- Washington Post * The Washington Post * "Gorgeous." -- Tor.com * Tor.com * "The sheer variation of interpretation is what makes this a superior collection, as well as, of course, the superior writing." -- BookRiot * BookRiot * "Vivid, enthralling and endlessly varied. A wonderful collection." -- Mike Carey -- Mike Carey "A sparkling array of talent and imagination" -- SFX * SFX Magazine * "A superb collection of superior stories by some of my favorite writers. This is the must-have anthology of the year." -- Lavie Tidhar -- Lavie Tidhar "Readers looking for stories set in a variety of locales (even outer space) and arrayed over various cultures and religions will find much to like." -- Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly * "Not only one of short stories, but of real narratives... will let readers enter a world that they have no idea about" -- New York Journal of Books * New York Journal of Books * "Lovely and complex" -- Strange Horizons * Strange Horizons * "A range of terrific stories in a variety of styles, all of them effective... Fall in love with djinn! Read this book." -- Geek Syndicate * Geek Syndicate * Read more...
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