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Genre/Form: | short stories Fantasy fiction Fiction Short stories Nouvelles Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil Gaiman |
ISBN: | 1781084173 9781781084175 |
OCLC Number: | 952648372 |
Contents: | Introduction - Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin 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 |
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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...

