Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II

Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II is an anthology of fantasy novellas, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in March, 1973[1] as the fifty-sixth volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.[2] It was the ninth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.[1][2]

Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II
Cover of the first edition.
EditorLin Carter
Cover artistGervasio Gallardo
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBallantine Adult Fantasy series
GenreFantasy
PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesviii, 248
Preceded byGreat Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I 
Followed byKingdoms of Sorcery 

Summary

edit

The book collects four novellas by as many fantasy authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. It is a companion volume to Carter's earlier Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I (1972).[1][2]

Contents

edit

Reception

edit

Theodore Sturgeon reported the stories "run from great to quaint."[3]

The book was also reviewed by Everett F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983.[1]

Notes

edit
  1. ^ a b c d Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ a b c Carter, Lin. "Bibliography II: The Adult Fantasy Series," in Imaginary Worlds: the Art of Fantasy, Ballantine Books, 1973.
  3. ^ Sturgeon, Theodore. "Galaxy Bookshelf", in Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1973, p. 88.