Legends (anthology) explained

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy
Author:	Various
Editor:	Robert Silverberg
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Fantasy
Published:	August 25, 1998
Publisher:	Voyager Books
Media Type:	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages:	708
Isbn:	0-312-86787-5
Dewey:	813/.0876608 21
Congress:	PS648.F3 L44 1998
Oclc:	183214571
Followed By:	Legends II

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas (short novels) by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg.^[1] All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.^{[2] [3]} The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.^[4] Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.

The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.^[5]

Contents

• Stephen King: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (The Dark Tower)
• Terry Goodkind: "Debt of Bones" (The Sword of Truth)
• Orson Scott Card: "Grinning Man" (The Tales of Alvin Maker)
• Robert Silverberg: "The Seventh Shrine" (Majipoor)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: "Dragonfly" (Earthsea)
• Raymond E. Feist: "The Wood Boy" (The Riftwar Cycle)
• Terry Pratchett: "The Sea and Little Fishes" (Discworld)
• George R. R. Martin: The Hedge Knight (novella, A Song of Ice and Fire)
• Tad Williams: "The Burning Man" (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn)
• Anne McCaffrey: "Runner of Pern" (Dragonriders of Pern)
• Robert Jordan: "New Spring" (The Wheel of Time)

Editions

• A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with .
• A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with .

A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.

• Volume One - published on November 1, 1999, containing:
  • "The Sea and Little Fishes"
  • "Runner of Pern"
  • "The Hedge Knight"
  • "The Burning Man"
  • "New Spring"
• Volume Two - published on April 3, 2000 (a special overseas edition (same details) was issued in 1999), both containing:
  • "The Little Sisters of Eluria"
  • "Debt of Bones"
  • "Grinning Man"
  • "The Seventh Shrine"
  • "Dragonfly"
  • "The Wood Boy"

Serialization

In 1999 Tor Books decided to re-release the stories from the anthology, now split across three volumes.

• Legends Vol. 1 (1999) - "The Little Sisters of Eluria", "The Seventh Shrine", "Grinning Man", and "The Wood Boy"
• Legends Vol. 2 (1999) - "Debt of Bones", "The Hedge Knight", and "Runner of Pern"
• Legends Vol. 3 (2000) - "New Spring", "Dragonfly", "The Burning Man", and "The Sea and Little Fishes"

Reception

Legends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.^[4]

See also

• Far Horizons
• Legends II

Notes and References

1. Web site: Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy . . February 8, 2015.
2. Web site: Silver . Steven . Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy . SF Site . 17 April 2019.
3. Web site: Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy . Macmillan Publishers.
4. Web site: 1999 Locus Awards: Anthology . November 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023183112/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1999.html . October 23, 2013 .
5. Web site: LEGENDS II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy . Publishers Weekly . February 8, 2015.