Legends (anthology)

{{Infobox book |

| name = Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy

| image = Legends 1998-1st ed.jpg

| caption = First edition cover

| author = Various

| editor = Robert Silverberg

| cover_artist =

| country = United States

| language = English

| series =

| genre = Fantasy

| published = August 25, 1998

| publisher = Voyager Books

| media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)

| pages = 708

| isbn = 0-312-86787-5

| dewey = 813/.0876608 21

| congress = PS648.F3 L44 1998

| oclc = 183214571

| preceded_by =

| followed_by = Legends II

}}

Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas (short novels) by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg.{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-86787-4 |title=Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=February 8, 2015}} All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.{{cite web |last1=Silver |first1=Steven |title=Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy |url=http://www.stevenhsilver.com/legends.html |website=SF Site |access-date=17 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765300355 |website=Macmillan Publishers}} The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1999.html |title=1999 Locus Awards: Anthology |access-date=November 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023183112/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1999.html |archive-date=October 23, 2013 }} Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.

The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-45644-1 |title=LEGENDS II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=February 8, 2015}}

Stephen King: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (The Dark Tower)
Terry Goodkind: "Debt of Bones" (The Sword of Truth)
Orson Scott Card: "Grinning Man" (The Tales of Alvin Maker)
Robert Silverberg: "The Seventh Shrine" (Majipoor)
Ursula K. Le Guin: "Dragonfly" (Earthsea)
Raymond E. Feist: "The Wood Boy" (The Riftwar Cycle)
Terry Pratchett: "The Sea and Little Fishes" (Discworld)
George R. R. Martin: The Hedge Knight (novella, A Song of Ice and Fire)
Tad Williams: "The Burning Man" (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn)
Anne McCaffrey: "Runner of Pern" (Dragonriders of Pern)
Robert Jordan: "New Spring" (The Wheel of Time)

Editions

A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with {{ISBN|0-00-225666-5}}.
A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with {{ISBN|0-00-225667-3}}.

A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.

Volume One {{ISBN|0-00-648394-1}} - published on November 1, 1999, containing:
"The Sea and Little Fishes"
"Runner of Pern"
"The Hedge Knight"
"The Burning Man"
"New Spring"
Volume Two {{ISBN|0-00-648393-3}} - published on April 3, 2000 (a special overseas edition (same details) was issued in 1999), both containing:
"The Little Sisters of Eluria"
"Debt of Bones"
"Grinning Man"
"The Seventh Shrine"
"Dragonfly"
"The Wood Boy"