*本书将在2023年10月出版，跟大英图书馆的奇幻书展览搭配推出！

*本书前言很有可能由Neil Gaiman撰写（他是策展人之一，目前还没百分百确定但可能性非常高）

*任何喜欢奇幻书的读者绝对不会对书中的作者们陌生！

本书分成四大部：Fairy and Folk Tales; Epics and Quests; Weird and Uncanny; Portals and Worlds，透过这些类型的作品来带领读者走上一趟英语奇幻经典作的旅程。我们从奇幻作品在启示时代的开始，再到它的黄金时代（1940年代-1950年代），到它的衰退以及重新崛起，最后到现代作品以及如何衍生到电游市场。书中讨论的作者包括： J.R.R. Tolkien, Octavia E. Butler, Marlon James, C.S. Lewis, Ursula K. LeGuin, Angela Carter, George R.R. Martin, H.P Lovecraft, Naomi Novik以及更多。

书中的八篇散文带着读者到新世界，同时描述了在奇幻书里常见的重要象征以及代表性作家。这本书希望能够探讨一个重点问题：我们为什么需要奇幻作品？它为我们的想象力带来了什么？

关于编辑：

Tanya Kirk is Lead Curator of Printed Heritage Collections 1601–1900. She has edited collections for British Library Tales of the Weird, including Spirits of the Season and Chill Tidings.

Dr Matthew Sangster is Senior Lecturer in Romantic Studies, Fantasy and Cultural History at the University of Glasgow, where he teaches on the UK’s only MA course in Fantasy.

目录：

Foreword

Introduction

1: Fairy and Folk Tales

Terri Windling on folk tales, fairy lore and the remaking of traditions (4000 words)

Cristina Bacchilega on fairy stories and the world’s wonder tales (4000 words)

Rachel Foss on Tolkien’s ‘On Fairy-Stories’ (1000 words)

Greg Buzwell on Angela Carter (1000 words)

Marina Warner on tbc (1000 words)

2: Epics and Quests

Robert Maslen on quests (4000 words)

Sofia Samatar on epics (4000 words)

Susan Reed on tbc (1000 words)

Maria Dahvana Headley on translating Beowulf (1000 words)

Brian Attebery on Ursula Le Guin (1000 words)

3: Weird and Uncanny

Matt Sangster on environments of the Weird (4000 words)

Ann Vandermeer on the international Weird (4000 words)

China Mieville on tbc (1000 words)

Lucinda Holdsworth on changing Lucifers (1000 words)

Tbc (1000 words)

4: Portals and Worlds

Dimitra Fimi on children’s fantasy worlds (4000 words)

Laurie Penny on fandoms and fan/author boundaries (4000 words)

Tanya Kirk on the Brontës and paracosms (1000 words)