(urth) Dark Alchemy

Rex Lycanthrosaurus lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm
Wed Jul 4 11:10:32 PDT 2007


"Dark Alchemy" is the retitled UK version of the US published "Wizards."

The Wolfe story, if memory serves, is "Magical Animals" and is about a
young boy who may be Merlin and his relationship throughout time with
Viviane. (The book has gone back to the library, so I can't look it up.)

There are reviews in the March (Gevers) and May (Horton) issues of
Locus, but only the former mentions the Wolfe story. (He liked it.)

Don't know why the antho was retitled for sale in the UK -- one would
think Pottermaniacs would be more inclined to pick up a volume labeled
"Wizards" than "Dark Alchemy."
 
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:25:06 +0100, "Nigel Price" <nigelprice at onetel.net>
said:
> There was a review by Lisa Tuttle of a new children's fantasy anthology
> called "Dark Alchemy" in the Summer Books section of Saturday's Times
> (The
> Times, 30 June 2007, Books, p9). The book is edited by Jack Dann and
> Gardner
> Dozois and includes a new story by Gene Wolfe.
> 
> Does anyone know any further details about the Wolfe story or the
> anthology
> in general?
> 
> 
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