The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy - Mike Ashley

Not really as advertised, and the description data seems completely unrelated to the title. A hell of a lot of mundane and dull for something that is supposed to be 'Extreme'. Far less successful than the science fiction version.

Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Senator Bilbo - Andy Duncan
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Sandmagic - Orson Scott Card
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Dream a Little Dream for Me - Peter Crowther
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Lost Wax - Leah Bobet
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me - Howard Waldrop
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : I Am Bonaro - John Niendorff
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : The Old House Under the Snow - Rhys Hughes
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : The Banquet of the Lords of Night - Liz Williams
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely - David D. Levine
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Master Lao and the Flying Horror - Lawrence Person
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Using It and Losing It - Jonathan Lethem
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : The All-At-Once Man - R. A. Lafferty
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani - William Hope Hodgson
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Boatman's Holiday - Jeffrey Ford
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : The Detweiler Boy - Tom Reamy
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : The Fence at the End of the World - Melissa Mia Hall
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Elric at the End of Time - Michael Moorcock
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Cup and Table - Tim Pratt
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : I Haruspex - Christopher Priest
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Radio Waves - Michael Swanwick
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Tower of Babylon - Ted Chiang
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : Jack Neck and The Worrybird - Paul Di Filippo
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : The Dark One: A Mythograph - A. A. Attanasio
Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy : A Ring of Green Fire - Sean McMullen

Political orc.

3 out of 5

Desert power.

3.5 out of 5

Devilishly slow.

2.5 out of 5

Sweeper mold.

3 out of 5

Stan and Ollie goose.

2.5 out of 5

Flamer.

2.5 out of 5

And a bit more.

3 out of 5

Lords of Lighted.

3.5 out of 5

Where's that cartoon fourth wall then?

3.5 out of 5

Orange Blossom monster Queen.

3.5 out of 5

I'd shrug, too.

2 out of 5

Dying long.

2.5 out of 5

Light interruption = Boom.

3.5 out of 5

Contrary to the advice of the sage Accadacca, Hell Is A Bad Place To Be. Generally. Barring sneaky loopholes.

3.5 out of 5

Twin's a real weight on my shoulders.

3 out of 5

Is Mama.

3 out of 5

With Elric around, some swordwork will happen. He isn’t the only one carrying, either.

3.5 out of 5

Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go then fire and rubble
And if I stay it will be trouble

5 out of 5

Bad meal.

2 out of 5

Corpsegrinding.

3 out of 5

Built like a brick lighthouse tunnelway to heaven.

3.5 out of 5

Taking the avian load off.

2.5 out of 5

Long wandering sorcerer, raith.

3.5 out of 5

Flamboyant STDs, medicine and revenge.

3 out of 5



2.5 out of 5