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The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest (Mythic Anthologies) by [Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, Neil Gaiman, Delia Sherman, Michael Cadnum, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Patricia A. McKillip, Midori Snyder, Katherine Vaz, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Carol Emshwiller, Gregory Maguire, Emma Bull, Carolyn Dunn, Kathe Koja, M. Shayne Bell, Bill Lewis, Jeffrey Ford]

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Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up “a tasty treat for fantasy fans” (Booklist).

There are some “genuine gems” in this “enticing collection” of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring “diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world,” most involving a teen’s coming-of-age. Delia Sherman “takes readers into New York City’s Central Park, where a teenager wins the favor of the park’s Green Queen.” Michael Cadnum offers a “dynamic retelling of the Daphne story.” Charles de Lint presents an “eerie, heartwarming story in which a teenager resists the lure” of the faerie world. Tanith Lee roots her tale in “the myth of Dionysus, a god of the Wild Wood.” Patricia A. McKillip steeps her story in “the legend of Herne, guardian of the forest. Magic realism flavors Katherine Vaz’s haunting story. Gregory Maguire takes on Jack and the Beanstalk, and Emma Bull looks to an unusual Green Man—a Joshua tree in the desert” (Booklist). These enduring works of eco-fantasy by some of the genre’s most popular authors impart “a real sense of how powerful nature can be in its various guises” (School Library Journal).

“A treasure trove for teens and teachers exploring themes of ecology and folklore.” —Kirkus Reviews

“The stories are well-written and manage to speak to both the intellect and the emotions.” —SF Site

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B083VT58ST
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (24 March 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 15339 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #621,407 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,655 in Mythology & Folk Tales
- #10,960 in Myths, Legends & Sagas
- #20,386 in Short Stories (Kindle Store)

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I've been a short story editor for over forty years, starting with OMNI Magazine and webzine for 17 years, then EVENT HORIZON, a webzine, and SCIFICTION, the fiction area of SCIFI.COM. I currently acquire and edit short fiction and novellas for Tor.com and I edit original and reprint anthologies. I've lived in NYC most of my life, although I travel a lot.

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Susan Hutchings

Excellent book! Great stories.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 10 August 2020

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Many of my favourite authors in this book. Great stories.

LA in Dallas

I found two new authors to follow!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 24 June 2022

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Let's begin by listing the folks who wrote this anthology:

Editors: Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling.
Contributors: Neil Gaiman, Delia Sherman, Michael Cadnum, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Patricia A. McKillip, Midori Snyder, Katherine Vaz, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Carol Emshwiller, Gregory Maguire, Emma Bull, Carolyn Dunn, Kathe Koja, M. Shayne Bell, Bill Lewis, and Jeffrey Ford.

Two things immediately come to mind on reading that list. First it is long: 18 contributing authors. There's a lot in this anthology. Second, if you're a fantasy fan, a lot of those names are familiar. The ones that leapt out to me were Gaiman, Lee, Yolen, and McKillip. Now (truth in advertising), Gaiman and Yolen's contributions are a brief poem each. While I enjoy poetry, I confess to feeling a little cheated. Lee and McKillip's contributions, in contrast, are substantial stories, rather good ones, in fact.

But even better than that were two authors I had not read before: Katherine Vaz and Emma Bull. Vaz's contribution, "A World Painted by Birds", feels like a particularly vivid example of Latin-American magic realism. It's a story that leaves pictures in your mind. Bull's contribution, "Joshua Tree", is just a plain good story, with a very likeable protagonist. Bull is, it appears, rather famous for the novel War for the Oaks, which some credit as being the book that kicked off urban fantasy. It's on my to-read list now.

As for the rest, editors Datlow and Windling did a good job of achieving thematic coherence. These stories belong together.

Of course, as usual in such a collection, there's some dead weight. Some of the stories are not very good. In fact, most of the bad ones were, in my opinion, bad in roughly the same way. They were preachy. Two problems with that: (1) I don't like being preached at, even when I agree with the content of the sermon, and (2) by and large, I didn't. The most common message the authors conveyed was "Nature good, humans bad." And the remedy they seemed to be recommending was "Don't divide yourself from nature." Now, if you think dividing people from nature is a bad thing, and if your writing gives the impression that you believe nature is good and humans bad, well, you might want to give that a little bit more thought.

But bottom line: there were at least four good stories here, and I met two new authors whom I want to read more of. Those are outstanding outcomes.

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Tracy Brown

Where is the Green Man?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 8 September 2021

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It seems we could search and search, never finding the Green Man. In this wonderful book though, one can find him in every story.

I loved the last story in particular. King Pius was a character easily recognized. He thought he was so righteous. Yet he wanted to impose his beliefs on everyone around him. His sole purpose was to convert all those he considered to be heathens. Yet the man that the witch created, who had at his soul a blue heart that contained the word of the creator, was kinder and more righteous, more Christian, than King Pius could ever be. In the end one of the village girls took over The witch’s responsibility of caring for the village.

She discovered the secret of the blue heart of the jewel. The secret was that those who knew how to love could become even more wonderful with the blue heart, while those who did not know how to love we’re saved from their wicked lives by becoming a part of the world around them. To me that seemed like something we already know. Those who know how to love always find love around them. I hope that I am that type of person rather than white king Pius.

The green man from the mythic forest has so many wonderful lessons for all of us. There are lessons of love in this book, there are stories of pain, there are stories of sacrifice. Best of all the tales from the mythic forest contained in this volume are accessible and beautiful and there for the taking. They all reminded me that life is beautiful despite the hardships we go through.

I think that’s one reason why I love books so much. There is always more to learn. Yeah I especially love reading fantasies. I love that good, in the end, conquers evil. It doesn’t mean we don’t suffer or face adversity, but it does mean we can still be happy, we can still find joy, but only if we choose to do so.

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Kitten Pretty2

Forest Magic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 7 May 2021

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Many of the authors herein have been known to me for decades. Their exquisite words elict memories and dreams from my youth and older age in detailed beauty, wonder and admiration. Forests, large, deep, wild ; tiny tattered urban remnants almost waste grounds; trimmed open suburban areas with ball fields and small hiddenesses of imagination; all are magic. This volume contains the knowledge of some of the most wise authors of fantasy past, present and surely future. They are arguments beyond all political pettyfogging propaganda for conservation and ecoharmony. Yet they do not bore. Enjoy.

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Hector Ibarraran

Some great stories, others not for me right now

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 18 January 2022

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I really enjoyed a lot of the stories in this book, but skipped or skimmed the ones that didn’t really pull me in. At this point I’m not looking for a lot of experimental fiction, but for more straightforward stories, and luckily this book has them both. I might go back to it some day.

I think there will be at least one story for everyone in this book. It was well worth the couple bucks I paid for it when it was on sale.

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