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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. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds. The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999. Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.
The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.




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 ISBN 0-00-225666-5.
A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225667-3.
A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.

Volume One ISBN 0-00-648394-1 - published on November 1, 1999, containing:
"The Sea and Little Fishes"
"Runner of Pern"
"The Hedge Knight"
"The Burning Man"
"New Spring"
Volume Two ISBN 0-00-648393-3 - 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) ISBN 0-8125-6663-7 - "The Little Sisters of Eluria", "The Seventh Shrine", "Grinning Man", and "The Wood Boy"
Legends Vol. 2 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-7523-7 - "Debt of Bones", "The Hedge Knight", and "Runner of Pern"
Legends Vol. 3 (2000) ISBN 0-8125-6664-5 - "New Spring", "Dragonfly", "The Burning Man", and "The Sea and Little Fishes"




Reception


Legends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.




See also



Far Horizons
Legends II




References






External links


Legends title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Legends series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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