Before finding success as an author, Williams held numerous odd jobs, including insurance salesman, radio host, laying titles, and several years in a rock band called Idiot. He is also the author of a comic miniseries called The Next, published by DC Comics. Tad Williams is a bestselling fantasy author whose work includes Tailchaser’s Song, The War of the Flowers, and the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Shadowmarch, and Otherland series, the latter of which has been developed into a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO). One of the more surprising books I’ve had the pleasure of reading this year, and I say that in spite of the fact that I was already a huge fan of Williams’ work.”
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“For readers unfamiliar with Tad Williams’ writing, this may be the perfect springboard, as opposed to launching into epic fantasies, or even series of any sort. Very Best of Tad Williams proves that he is among this select company, and may also cause some to drastically re-evaluate the talents of this prolific and popular author, and discover his other equally satisfying works.”
“Of the far too many authors cramming the fantasy field with seemingly endless series, only a few are genuinely worthy of our time. However, those who have been thinking about reading some of his work but have been hesitating will find this book a great indoctrination….” “Obviously, Williams’ many fans will eat this up. So I wasn’t sure how this was going to work out. “Williams does a masterful job at writing epic storylines. “Throughout this collection Williams ably demonstrates that he is a jack of all trades - and their master as well.” “An essential addition to the bookshelf for fans of Tad Williams and also a great opportunity for new readers to sample the breadth of his storytelling prowess.” “Obviously fans of Tad Williams will enjoy this, but then anyone with a sense of humour, a love of the unknown and anyone that enjoys a good tale should benefit from these stories.” Williams’s sensitivity to atmosphere and trademark attention to telling detail shine through most of the selections in this varied collection of little gems.” Williams effectively portrays poignant human regrets and longings in “Three Duets for Virgin and Nosehorn,” a miniature masterpiece, and explores the paradoxes of religious belief in “The Stranger’s Hands” and “And Ministers of Grace.” “A Stark and Wormy Knight,” a linguistic tour de force, shows without one misplaced word just how clever dragons can be. Several of the earlier pieces are particularly charming, including “The Old Scale Game,” with its thoroughly modern monsters, and “Every Fuzzy Beast of the Earth, Every Pink Fowl of the Air”, a chortling version of the book of Genesis. All but one of these 17 otherworldly tales have appeared in magazines or anthologies, but fans will welcome the chance to have them all in one place.
“This marvelous short fiction retrospective testifies to the breadth of Williams’s creativity.
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