The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy

The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy

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name = The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy
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image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author = John Buchan
illustrator = Larry Dickison
cover_artist = Larry Dickison
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy short stories
publisher = Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
release_date = 1984
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 206 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-937986-68-2
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"The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy" is a collection of fantasy short stories by John Buchan and edited by John Bell. It was first published in 1984 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,100 copies. The stories originally appeared in the magazines "Blackwood's", "The Atlantic Monthly", "The Pall Mall Magazine" and "Adventure".

Contents

* "John Buchan: Adventurer on the Borderland", by John Bell
* "The Grove of Ashtaroth"
* "The Outgoing of the Tide"
* "Skule Skerry"
* "The Far Islands"
* "The Wind in the Portico"
* "No-Man’s-Land"

References

*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
work =
publisher =
date = 2007-11-20
url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/t3.htm#A187
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2008-06-06

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages= 330 | date=1998


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