Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds. The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999. Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.

The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.

Contents Stephen King: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (The Dark Tower) Terry Goodkind: "Debt of Bones" (The Sword of Truth) Orson Scott Card: "Grinning Man" (The Tales of Alvin Maker) Robert Silverberg: "The Seventh Shrine" (Majipoor) Ursula K. Le Guin: "Dragonfly" (Earthsea) Raymond E. Feist: "The Wood Boy" (The Riftwar Cycle) Terry Pratchett: "The Sea and Little Fishes" (Discworld) George R. R. Martin: The Hedge Knight (novella, A Song of Ice and Fire) Tad Williams: "The Burning Man" (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) Anne McCaffrey: "Runner of Pern" (Dragonriders of Pern) Robert Jordan: "New Spring" (The Wheel of Time)

Editions A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with . A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with .

A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends. Volume One - published on November 1, 1999, containing: "The Sea and Little Fishes" "Runner of Pern" "The Hedge Knight" "The Burning Man" "New Spring" Volume Two - published on April 3, 2000 (a special overseas edition was issued in 1999), both containing: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" "Debt of Bones" "Grinning Man" "The Seventh Shrine" "Dragonfly" "The Wood Boy"

Serialization In 1999 Tor Books decided to re-release the stories from the anthology, now split across three volumes. Legends Vol. 1 (1999) - "The Little Sisters of Eluria", "The Seventh Shrine", "Grinning Man", and "The Wood Boy" Legends Vol. 2 (1999) - "Debt of Bones", "The Hedge Knight", and "Runner of Pern" Legends Vol. 3 (2000) - "New Spring", "Dragonfly", "The Burning Man", and "The Sea and Little Fishes"

Reception Legends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.

See also

Far Horizons Legends II

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