![]() ![]() ![]() ‘The Queen Who Could Not Walk’ is set in a world where the rulers must, at some point in their reign, exchange their bejeweled crowns for a beggar’s bowl and live out their lives in poverty. ![]() ![]() ‘My Son Heydari and the Karkadann’ is another remarkable story, chronicling a young Persian man’s attempt to nurse a dangerous mythological beast back to health as is ‘Kaskia,’ a poignant love story about a lonely man who buys a strange laptop that allows him to video chat with a beautiful alien. In the never-before-published ‘Schmendrick Alone,’ the magician, newly released from his service to Nikos, attempts to heroically defend a young woman from an unwanted suitor-with disastrous results. Nikos sees potential in the shy boy but soon realizes his student’s unparalleled ineptitude could have deadly consequences. A coming-of-age tale of sorts, ‘The Green-Eyed Boy’ offers a glimpse into the bumbling magician’s inauspicious beginnings, when the wizard Nikos took him in as an apprentice. Highlights include a couple of stories about one of Beagles’ most beloved characters, Schmendrick the Magician from his iconic novel The Last Unicorn (1968). “Beagle’s latest collection of short stories includes 13 fantasy gems and features many previously uncollected and never-before-published works. Io9’s All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep on Your Radar This FallĪ Barnes & Noble Best Sci Fi & Fantasy Book (November 2017) ![]()
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