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Crônicas de Espada e Magia

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Crônicas de Espada e Magia é um lançamento da Editora Arte & Letra, em parceria com a Argonautas. Na antologia, organizada por Cezar Alcázar, foram reunidos contos de autores clássicos do gênero de Espada e Magia, bem como obras de novos escritores, entre brasileiros e estrangeiros. Michael Moorcock, Thiago Tizzot, Ana Cristina Rodrigues, Carlos Orsi, George R. R. Martin, Karl Edward Wagner, Max Mallmann, Robert E. Howard, Roberto Causo, Saladin Ahmed e Fritz Leiber são os autores que integram a seleção. E o artista Kekai Kotaki, conhecido por suas ilustrações para diversos livros de Fantasia, RPG e para Magic: The Gathering, assina a arte da capa.

“Humanos precisam de fantasia para serem humanos. Para serem o lugar onde o anjo caindo encontra o macaco ascendendo.”
Terry Pratchett

300 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2013

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George R.R. Martin

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George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.

Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.

In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.

As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.

In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.

Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.

Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.

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June 29, 2018
Uma ótima pedida pra quem se interessa pelo gênero Espada e Feitiçaria. Dá pra conhecer autores classicos do gênero (e em alguns casos, como de Fritz Leiber e Karl Edward Wagner, quase inétidos no Brasil), bem como autores nacionais realmente bons. Tenho a impressao que a traduçao dos contos estrangeiros ficou pouco fluida, mas pra afirmar que isso é culpa da traduçao precisaria ler os originais, coisa que ainda não fiz.

Nem tudo são flores, tem uns contos que achei bem fracos e puxaram pra baixo a avaliação geral do livro. Se quiser conferir a avaliação individual de cada conto é só checar os updates que fiz da leitura.

Se encontrar essa coletânea dando sopa por aí, pegue. Vale a pena conferir.
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