Aladdin: Master of the Lamp

by Mike Resnick (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (editor), Anthony R. Lewis (Contributor)

Last Wish • (1992) • Martha Soukup
Fair Exchange • (1992) • Anthony R. Lewis
The Rest of the Story • (1992) • Mark Aronson
The Tale of the Seventeenth Eunuch • (1992) • Jane Yolen
Yasmine • (1992) • Laura Resnick
800-DJIN-HLP • (1992) • Lea Hernandez
On the Heath • (1992) • Barry N. Malzberg
Fizz • (1992) • Nicholas A. DiChario
A Guy Named Al • (1992) • Brian M. Thomsen
New Life for Old • (1992) • Pat Cadigan
Interoffice Memo • (1992) • Laurence M. Janifer
Mango Red Goes to War • (1992) • George Alec Effinger
New Lamps, Not Old • (1992) • Ralph Roberts
GENIE, Inc. • (1992) • Kate Daniel
The Tale of Ali the Camel Driver • (1992) • Beth Meacham
One for the Road • (1992) • Jack Nimersheim
Dirt Track Demon • (1992) • Jack C. Haldeman, II
Gifted • (1992) • Michelle Sagara West
The Last of a Vintage Year • (1992) • Janet Kagan
The Bottle and the Whirlwind • (1992) • Mark Sumner
A Wish for Smish • David Gerrold
The Three Thieves • (1992) • Lois Tilton
Stacked • (1992) • Josepha Sherman
Slaves of the Magic Lamp • (1992) • Anthony R. Lewis
An' the People, They Could Fly • (1992) • Lawrence Schimel
Parsley, Space, Rosemary and Time • (1992) • Katharine Kerr
In Their Cubs at Slab's • (1992) • John Gregory Betancourt
The Lamp of Many Wishes • (1992) • Mel White
Grand Tour • (1992) • Barry N. Malzberg
Djinnxed • (1992) • Deborah Millitello
Human Nature • (1992) • Maureen F. McHugh
Genie Storm • (1992) • John E. Johnston, III
Persepolis • (1992) • Judith Tarr
Bugs • (1992) • Richard Katze
Binding • (1992) • Patrick Nielsen Hayden
If Wishes Were Genie's • (1992) • Terry McGarry and Austin Dridge
A Dream is a Wish the Heart Makes • (1992) • Marie Parsons
Djinn and Tonic • (1992) • Susan Casper
The Genie of P.S. #32 • (1992) • Karen Haber
Geniecon • (1992) • Deborah J. Wunder
Black Ice • (1992) • Barbara Delaplace
Aladdin and the Lost City • (1992) • Jack C. Haldeman, II
Three Wish Habit • (1992) • Janni Lee Simner

Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Fiction, Science Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book! Instead of one story, the novel is a series of short stories written by different authors, presenting different takes and inspirations from Aladdin and his magic lamp. Most of the stories are really good and are worthy of a longe adaptation, others are perfect as a short story.

The stories take place in various timelines and settings and also vary in their focuses. Some stories focus on the genie, either good, powerful or evil, or on Aladdin or other recipients of the lamp. The styles or genre of the story vary too, some are humorous others are sad or tell a moral.

The format therefore makes this book perfect for busy days and you just want to get a little reading in. My personal favourites are New Life For Old and Gifted.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a themed anthology of stories based on the Aladdin's lamp theme. The selection is rather uneven, with many quite short and fewer humorous stories than one might expect. It's a good volume to keep on an end table and read one or two stories at a time rather than charging straight through.

[melydia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book of short stories, all dealing with some aspect of Aladdin and the magic lamp - most of them about other people finding the lamp or genies in general. Most of them are pretty good.

[Brett]

Anthology,Fantasy

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a bunch of short stories about the genie in a lamp. Not the fun whimsical stories I was looking for so I found it hard to keep my interest.