The Very Best of Tad Williams

by Tad Williams

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Pub Date May 15 2014 | Archive Date Nov 04 2014

Tachyon Publications

Sci Fi & Fantasy

Description

This career retrospective from beloved author Tad Williams (Otherland; Tailchaser's Song; Shadowplay) demonstrates why he is one of fantasy's most enduring icons. The Very Best of Tad Williams collects Williams' finest work in multiple genres, including epic fantasy, urban fantasy, and YA. These superlative tales, many of which were previously available only in limited editions, introduce dragons, wizards, assassins, heroes, and fools — even a few cyberpunks.

Readers familiar with Williams' internationally bestselling novels and series will be delighted that in his short fiction he explores myriad new possibilities and adventures. Here are the stories that showcase the exhilarating breadth of Williams’ imagination, hearkening back to such classic fantasists as J. R. R. Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Peter S. Beagle, and beyond.

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A Note From the Publisher

Tad Williams is a bestselling fantasy author whose work includes Tailchaser’s Song, The War of the Flowers, and the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Shadowmarch, and Otherland series, the latter of which has been developed into a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO). He is also the author of a comic miniseries called The Next, published by DC Comics. Before finding success as an author, Williams held numerous odd jobs, including insurance salesman, radio host, laying titles, and several years in a rock band called Idiot. He lives in Soquel, California, with author and editor Deborah Beale, two children, and a menagerie of high-energy beasts.

Tad Williams is a bestselling fantasy author whose work includes Tailchaser’s Song, The War of the Flowers, and the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Shadowmarch, and Otherland series, the latter of which...

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A Note From the Publisher

Tad Williams is a bestselling fantasy author whose work includes Tailchaser’s Song, The War of the Flowers, and the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Shadowmarch, and Otherland series, the latter of which has been developed into a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO). He is also the author of a comic miniseries called The Next, published by DC Comics. Before finding success as an author, Williams held numerous odd jobs, including insurance salesman, radio host, laying titles, and several years in a rock band called Idiot. He lives in Soquel, California, with author and editor Deborah Beale, two children, and a menagerie of high-energy beasts.

Advance Praise

“Some writers are naturally at home with longer stories, others excel when restricted to shorter forms, but few can manage both with equal aplomb. Tad Williams is one such author.”
—SF Site

“Best known for his epic fantasies, Williams offers 11 short stories that demonstrate his versatility with relative brevity…. Readers only familiar with Williams’s lengthy sagas will find a pleasant surprise in his ability to handle short work in different genres, while new readers can give him a try without committing to an epic series.”
—Publishers Weekly on A Stark and Wormy Night

“Some writers are naturally at home with longer stories, others excel when restricted to shorter forms, but few can manage both with equal aplomb. Tad Williams is one such author.”
—SF Site

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