The Wizards of Odd

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The Wizards of Odd is a 1996 English compilation book of humorous short stories by many great writers in the science-fiction/fantasy genre. The stories were compiled by Peter Haining. The book is separated into three sections: Wizards and Wotsits: Stories of Cosmic Absurdity, Swords and Sorcery: Tales of Heroic Fantasy, and Astronauts and Aliens: Space Opera Yarns.

Stories

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Reception

Gideon Kibblewhite reviewed The Wizards of Odd for Arcane magazine, rating it a 9 out of 10 overall.{{cite journal|last=Kibblewhite|first=Gideon|date=April 1996|title=The Great Library|journal=Arcane|publisher=Future Publishing|issue=5|pages=81}} Kibblewhite comments that "It's difficult to award any anthology a perfect ten because some stories are inevitably better than others; The Wizards of Odd, though, comes close: a great nine."

Reviews

  • Review by Steven H Silver (1997) in SF Site, Mid-December 1997, (1997){{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?34922|title = Title: The Wizards of Odd|website = isfdb.org}}
  • Review by Don D'Ammassa (1998) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #195 February 1998

References

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Category:1996 books

Category:Fantasy anthologies

Category:Science fiction anthologies

Category:Souvenir Press books

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