REVIEW: Tor.com

“I’d recommend picking up this book because it has a variety of authors, topics, and views on wizardry—you’re bound to enjoy at least a few of the tales in its 450+ pages. (Final grade: B+.)”

The reviewer, Brit Mandelo, singles out the following stories as favorites:

• “The Secret of the Blue Star” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Jonathan Howard’s “The Ereshkigal Working”
• “One-Click Banishment” by Jeremiah Tolbert
• Lev Grossman’s “Endgame”
• Kelly Link’s “The Wizards of Perfil”
• “Card Sharp” by Rajan Khanna
• Delia Sherman’s story “Wizard’s Apprentice”
• Susanna Clarke’s “John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner”