The Mythic Dream by various authors audiobook

The Mythic Dream

Edited by Dominik Parisien  and Navah Wolfe
By Seanan McGuire , Ann Leckie , Carlos Hernandez , and others
Read by Samantha Desz

Simon & Schuster Audio 9781481462396

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781797100722

  • ISBN: 9781797100715

Runtime: 11.51 Hours
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award

Finalist for the Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Works

An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers.

Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations.

Featuring award-winning and critically acclaimed writers such as Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, Indrapramit Das, Carlos Hernandez, Sarah Gailey, Ann Leckie, John Chu, Urusla Vernon, Carmen Maria Machado, Stephen Graham Jones, Arkady Martine, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, and more, The Mythic Dream is sure to become a new classic.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“An impressively varied compendium of myth reimaginings by numerous well-known speculative fiction writers…This eclectic, often subversive collection will appeal to fairy tale fans who want something new and different.” Publishers Weekly
“A classy, smart, and entertaining volume of stories put together with consummate care—and featuring the best and most exciting fantasy writers working in the field today.” Jeff VanderMeer, author of Borne

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Author

Author Bio: various authors

Author Bio: various authors

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Author Bio: Seanan McGuire

Author Bio: Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same ballot for the Hugo Award. In 2022, she managed the same feat again.

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Author Bio: Ann Leckie

Author Bio: Ann Leckie

Ann Leckie is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, and British Science Fiction Award-winning Imperial Radch series as well as the critically acclaimed fantasy novel The Raven Tower.

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Author Bio: Carlos Hernandez

Author Bio: Carlos Hernandez Carlos Hernandez has published more than thirty works for fiction, poetry, and drama, most notably a book of short stories for adults entitled The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria. He is an English professor at City University of New York, and he loves to both play games and design them. He lives with his wife, Claire, in Queens, New York. Follow him on Twitter: @WriteTeachPlay.

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Author Bio: others

Author Bio: others

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Runtime: 11.51
Audience: Adult
Language: English