Bored with the regurgitated, repurposed urban legends of our time, Hugo Award-winning fiction editor Ann Vandermeer sought to create a bestiary that would once again delight and intrigued minds with superbly fanciful creatures. Vandermeer brought together some of the most respected fantasists from around the world including Karen Lord, Dexter Palmer, Brian Evenson, Felix Gilman, and Rikki Ducornet to contribute a bizarre beast. The end result is a beautifully illustrated compendium of fantastical creatures that could only be imagined into life by equally fantastical minds. I found myself pouring over the pages of The Bestiary as I poured over the pages of my Greek or Egyptian mythologies books as a child. Each story pulls you in with detailed descriptions and “eye-witness accounts” that are so well written, you almost forget the creatures are made-up. And Serbian illustrator Ivica Stevanovic compliments the text with her strange, yet alluring images of each beastie.
- 3/29/2016
- by Caroline Stephenson
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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