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Mythical Beasties
''Mythical Beasties'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of legendary creatures edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the sixth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in May 1986. The first British edition was issued under the alternate title ''Mythic Beasts'' in trade paperback by Robinson in 1988. The book collects thirteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors. Contents *"Centaur Fielder for the Yankees" ( Edward D. Hoch) *" The Ice Dragon" (George R. R. Martin) *" Prince Prigio" (Andrew Lang) *"The Gorgon" (Tanith Lee) *"The Griffin and the Minor Canon" ( Frank R. Stockton) *"The Kragen" (Jack Vance) *"The Little Mermaid" (Hans Christian Andersen) *"Letters from Laura" ( Mildred Clingerman) *"The Triumph of Pegasus" ( Frank A. Javor) *"Caution! Inflammable!" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within Wikimedia project, sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by ''Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |