Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
Al Sarrantonio (editor)
Roc, Jun 2004, ISBN: 0451459776
reviewed by Harriet Klausner

Taking the who’s who of modern day fantasy, twenty-nine worthy contributors provide powerful tales that run the genre’s gamut and beyond. Each tale is well written with some so good they may prove to be the opening act of a new series. Fans of anthologies will have a feast for these are the grandmasters in one collection and all provide a fine contribution that makes the realm and cast seem real, not an easy venture for a novel let alone a short. Editor Al Sarrantonio needs investigating for blackmail because he must have something on notable authors like Turtledove, Feist, De Lint, Wolfe, Silverberg, Niven, Oates, Asaro, etc to get all of them to contribute to this quality offering.