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(3.88) | None | Winner of Foreward Magazine's Silver Book of the Year Award in the Science Fiction category Finalist for the 2006 Prix Aurora Best Work in English Award Fantastic Companions is an anthology of nineteen original short stories, chosen to illustrate the use of anthropomorphism in fantasy. Individual stories range from more traditional techniques, such as talking animals, to more unusual, such as the personification of constellations, ancient gods, and story itself. Aimed at both trade and educational markets, this diverse anthology is an amazing look at how writers deal with what makes us truly human, through the lens of imagination.… (more) |
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▾Book descriptions Winner of Foreward Magazine's Silver Book of the Year Award in the Science Fiction category Finalist for the 2006 Prix Aurora Best Work in English Award Fantastic Companions is an anthology of nineteen original short stories, chosen to illustrate the use of anthropomorphism in fantasy. Individual stories range from more traditional techniques, such as talking animals, to more unusual, such as the personification of constellations, ancient gods, and story itself. Aimed at both trade and educational markets, this diverse anthology is an amazing look at how writers deal with what makes us truly human, through the lens of imagination. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contains: - Companions Familiar
- House of Cats / Catherine Dybiec Holm
- Mountain Challenge / John Mierau
- Just Hanah / Doranna Durgin
- Companions Disguised
- The Day Michael Visited Happy Lake / Matt Walker
- Eggs for Dinner / Jay Lake
- Dances with Coyotes / John C. Bunnell
- Riverkin / K.D. Wentworth
- Companions of Power
- Wings to Fly / Fran LaPlaca
- Last of Her Kind / Janny Wurts
- Blood Ties / Sarah Jane Elliott
- Dragon Time / Ruth Nestvold
- Companions Unexpected
- Robes and Wands / Janet Elizabeth Chase
- Uncle Ernie was a Goat / Kent Pollard
- A Sirius Situation / Daniel Archambault
- Once upon a Toad / Wen Spencer
- Companions Beyond
- The Power of Eight / Jane Carol Petrovich
- Darkbeast / Mindy L. Klasky
- Kitemaster / Jim C. Hines
- Singing Down the Sun / Devon Monk
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