Magical Wishes
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Editors | Isaac Asimov Martin H. Greenberg |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy |
Genre | Fantasy and science fiction |
Publisher | Signet/New American Library |
Publication date | 1986 |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 350 |
ISBN | 0-451-14575-5 |
Preceded by | Mythical Beasties |
Followed by | Devils |
Magical Wishes is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of wishes edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and as the seventh volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in November 1986. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987.[1]
The book collects sixteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.
Contents[]
- "Introduction: Wishing Will Make It So" (Isaac Asimov)
- "The Monkey's Paw" (W. W. Jacobs)
- "Behind the News" (Jack Finney)
- "The Flight of the Umbrella" (Marvin Kaye)
- "Tween" ()
- "The Boy Who Brought Love" (Edward D. Hoch)
- "The Vacation" (Ray Bradbury)
- "The Anything Box" (Zenna Henderson)
- "A Born Charmer" ()
- "What If ..." (Isaac Asimov)
- "Millennium" (Fredric Brown)
- "Dreams Are Sacred" (Peter Phillips)
- "The Same to You Doubled" (Robert Sheckley)
- "Gifts" (Gordon R. Dickson)
- "I Wish I May, I Wish I Might" (Bill Pronzini)
- "Three Day Magic" (Charlotte Armstrong)
- "The Bottle Imp" (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Notes[]
- ^ Magical Wishes title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- 1986 short story collections
- Fantasy anthologies
- Science fiction anthologies
- Martin H. Greenberg anthologies