Magical Beginnings

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Steven H. Silver (Editor / Contributor), Megan Lindholm (Contributor)

Every great writer has to start somewhere. Here in one volume are the magical debuts of today's greatest fantasy legends-with new introductions and insight from the esteemed editors.

Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Short Stories, Science Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 4, 2003

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Diane]

Not quite what I expected; not origin stories, but first/early stories by fantasy writers. Stories were okay; just as interesting were the introductions about authors making their first sale.

[Jonathan Long]

Some decent stories... some better than others...