The Mammoth book of short fantasy novels

by Isaac Asimov

* "The Gate of the Flying Knives" by Poul Anderson * "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas * "Sleep Well of Nights" by Avram Davidson * "Black Heart and White Heart" by H. Rider Haggard * "Red Nails" by Robert E. Howard * "Storm in a Bottle" by John Jakes * "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber * "The Lands Beyond the World" by Michael Moorcock * "A Man and His God" by Janet Morris * "Spider Silk" by Andre Norton * "Where is the Bird of Fire?" by Thomas Burnett Swann * "Guyal of Sfere" by Jack Vance * "Tower of Ice" by Roger Zelazny

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?