Ann VanderMeer Books

A curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more)

Unearth the enchanting origins of fantasy fiction with a collection of tales as vast as the tallest tower and as mysterious as the dark depths of the forest. Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight--on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy is essential reading for anyone who's never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder

From Ann and Jeff VanderMeer comes The Big Book of Modern Fantasy a true horde of tales sure to delight fans, scholars -- even the greediest of dragons. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.Step through a shimmering portal . . . a worn wardrobe door . . . a schism in sky . . . into a bold new age of fantasy. When worlds beyond worlds became a genre unto itself. From the swinging sixties to the strange, strange seventies, the over-the-top eighties to the gnarly nineties--and beyond, into the twenty-first century--the VanderMeers have found the stories and the writers from around the world that reinvented and revitalized the fantasy genre after World War II. The stories in this collection represent twenty-two different countries, including Russia, Argentina, Nigeria, Columbia, Pakistan, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, China, the Philippines, and the Czech Republic. Five have never before been translated into English.From Jorge Luis Borges to Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock to Angela Carter, Terry Pratchett to Stephen King, the full range and glory of the fantastic are on display in these ninety-one stories in which dragons soar, giants stomp, and human children should still think twice about venturing alone into the dark forest.Completing Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's definitive The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, this companion volume to takes the genre into the twenty-first century with ninety-one astonishing, mind-bending stories.

The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century's worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations. This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu's "Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers"). In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler's Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life.

Features short stories within the genre that were written during the last decade, along with discussions about its future and how the genre should be defined.

Some of the most interesting fantasist-fabulists writing today.-Los Angeles TimesA science-fiction symphony of strangeness....The Cabinet of Curiosities will give you a good jolt of wonder.-Gainesville TimesYou'll be astonished by what you'll find in The Thackery T.

Replete with whimsical mechanical wonders and charmingly anachronistic settings, this pioneering anthology gathers a brilliant blend of fantastical stories. Steampunk originates in the romantic elegance of the Victorian era and blends in modern scientific advances—synthesizing imaginative technologies such as steam-driven robots, analog supercomputers, and ultramodern dirigibles. The elegant allure of this popular new genre is represented in this rich collection by distinctively talented authors, including:Content"Introduction: The 19th Century Roots of Steampunk" by Jess Nevins"Benediction: Excerpt from The Warlord of the Air" by Michael Moorcock"Lord Kelvin's Machine" by James P. Blaylock"The Giving Mouth" by Ian R. MacLeod"A Sun in the Attic" by Mary Gentle"The God-Clown is Near" by Jay Lake"The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down: A Dime Novel" by Joe R. Lansdale"The Selene Gardening Society" by Molly Brown"Seventy-Two Letters" by Ted Chiang"The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance" by Michael Chabon"Victoria" by Paul Di Filippo"Reflected Light" by Rachel E. Pollock"Minutes of the Last Meeting" by Stepan Chapman"Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Coast" by Neal Stephenson"The Steam-Driven Time Machine: A Pop Culture Survey" by Rick Klaw"The Essential Sequential Steampunk: A Modest Survey of the Genre within the Comic Book Medium" by Bill Baker

Nechte se unést do měst plných stínů, zažijte groteskní rituály, chaotické oslavy a poznejte kulty přinášející utrpení a smrt. Navštivte strach nahánějící místa, kde jsou těla živých tvorů přetvářena do surreálních monstrózních podob a kde se lidé marně bouří proti neměnným silám světa. Vše podléhá smrti a rozkladu a nikdo není bez viny. Odkryjte pravou podstatu new weirdu. Břitká městská fantasy plná niterní bezprostřednosti – new weird. Povstal z klasické fantasy a šestákových pulpových románů, z hororu i detektivky, z thrilleru a noiru. Vše si osvojil, vstřebal a přetvořil po svém, aby se nakonec vynořil ze zaprášené kukly nostalgie jako svěže literární, šokující a bezvýhradně inovativní styl fantastiky. V této knize najdete to nejlepší z new weirdu od nejznámějších autorů této odnože fantastického žánru. Po všech stránkách pozoruhodná antologie obsahuje původní internetovou diskuzi, která vůbec poprvé definovala new weird, názory předních evropských žánrových editorů a jako vrchol společnou práci nejznámějších spisovatelů new weirdu.