The Fantasy MEGAPACK ®

by Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Here is a grab-bag collection of great fantasy stories -- modern and classic, adventure-filled and serious, funny and sad -- by authors whose work you may already know, or may be discovering for the first time. Included THE COPPERSMITH, by Lester del Rey
DOGS QUESTING, by John Gregory Betancourt
OF WITHERED APPLES, by Philip K. Dick
YELLOW EYES, by Marylois Dunn
SEA TIGER, by Henry S. Whitehead
THE BLACK TOWER, by R. H. Barlow
THE SHADOW FROM ABOVE, by R.H. Barlow
THE FLAGON OF BEAUTY, by R.H. Barlow
THE SACRED BIRD, by R.H. Barlow
THE TOMB OF THE GOD, by R.H. Barlow
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE, by Mack Reynolds
DREAMTIME IN ADJAPHON, by John Gregory Betancourt
A LEGEND OF LANTH, by Robert W. Lowndes
THE SIREN, by F. Anstey
MORRIEN'S BITCH, by Janet Fox
ALLIANCES, by Janet Fox
GATHER ROUND THE FLOWING BOWLER, by Robert Bloch
AFRAID OF HIS SHADOW, by Dorothy Donnell Calhoun
THE DAUGHTER OF THOR, by Edmond Hamilton
THE WALTZ, by Morris W. Gowen
WHITE LADY, by Sophie Wenzel Ellis
CARILLON OF SKULLS by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard
THE LAST GUARDIAN OF RU ISHTL, by John Gregory Betancourt
SKULLS IN THE STARS, by Robert E. Howard

If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Genres: Fantasy

302 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 23, 2015

About the author

Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.

Also published as:
Philip St. John
Eric van Lihn
Erik van Lhin
Kenneth Wright
Edson McCann (with Frederik Pohl)

Reviews

[Pretentia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories are very interesting, and some are not. Its a wide variety of styles and lengths.

[Hermit Hank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic Fantasy Fun

Again, another enjoyable book with many stories that will entertain you with interesting plots. Of course not all the stories will capture your interest so proceed to the next one. Many many great stories.

[Derek Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ya gotta l love the Megapacks – tons of mostly old-time reading for $.99 each on Kindle. This one is (naturally) an uneven collection but generally good, with stories ranging from early in the 20th century to the 1980s. Two tales – by Lester del Rey and Robert Bloch – deal kindly (del Rey) and humorously (Bloch) with the diminutive supernatural inhabitants of the Catskills and Adirondacks.
Marylois Dunn's "Yellow Eyes" sees the a world of medieval scope through the sardonic outlook of a cat and an unusual dog. Edmond Hamilton's long piece, "The Daughter of Thor," was written in the midst of World War II and envisions the ancient Norse Gods deciding to help liberate Norway from the Nazis – a dicey try in the midst of such a fluid time, but well carried out. Two romances by Janet Fox come off as just sloppy.
My favorite, and a most unlikely one, is "Of Withered Apples" by Philip K. Dick. This is nothing like the half-mad or cleverly fractured Dick of SF. It's instead a sad, straightforward tale of loss and regeneration.
And if you haven't heard of John Betancout, it may be because he's the publisher of Wildside Press that puts out the Megapack series and slipped in a few of his own. And they're quite well done.

[Jewell Moreno · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ths has 20 stories, by several different authors. Mostly classic. I wouldn't have labeled most of them fantasy, seemed more science fictional to me, and some were pretty dark. Out of all of them, I especially liked The Coppersmith by Lester Del Rey, Gather Round the Flowing Bowler by Robert Bloch, and The Daughter of Thor by Edward Hamilton. Although all the stories weren't horrible, or bad, just not as good as these others. People might disagree with me, I love these megapack books on Kindle, they are opening me up to so many new authors.

[Mark Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great classic reads, it’s nice to visit older stories with great vision.

[M.A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good stories, some merely average - worth the price of admission.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a collection of very mixed quality. There were good stories, though no truly great ones, but there were also several pieces (by Barlow, mainly) which weren't stories at all--just incidents, and not even well done. Not up to the usual Megapack standard.

However, for 99c, there are enough good stories to make it worthwhile.

[Danielle Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was in the mood for some old fashioned fantasy stories - the sort of stuff that I used to read in my teens and twenties. These Megapacks are always a mixed bag, and this one was entertaining enough. Some of the stories are weak, some aren't really stories at all, a few didn't really work for me, but most of it wasn't bad. Can't really complain when the collection cost less than a quid!