| Edition |
A Vintage Books original edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 465 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Once. Once and future Qadi / Ausma Zahanat Khan -- Passing fair and young / Roshani Chokshi -- How, after long fighting,Galehaut was overcome by Lancelot yet was not slain and made great speed to yield to friendship; or Galehaut, the knight of the forfeit / Daniel M. Lavery -- I being young and foolish / Nisi Shawl -- Bladesmith Queen / Sarah MacLean -- Do, by all due means / Sive Doyle -- Present. Mayday / Maria Dahvana Headly -- Heartbeat / Waubgeshig Rice -- Jack and Brad and the magicians / Anthony Rapp -- Quay stone / S. Zainab Williams -- Black diamond / Alex Segura -- Flat white / Jessica Plummer -- Once (them) & future (us) / Preeti Chhibber -- Future. Shadow in amber / Silvia Moreno-Garcia -- White hempen sleeves / Ken Liu -- Little green men / Alexander Chee. |
| Summary |
"Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The stories are so iconic that just a name, a word, conjures romance and betrayal, chivalry and magic... Here you'll find the Lady of the Lake reimagined as a Ugandan sorceress and the Lady of Shalott as a wealthy, isolated woman in a futuristic Mexico City penthouse spying on Lancelot via advanced technology; you'll discover Excalibur reformed as a baseball bat that grants a washed-up minor leaguer a fresh shot at glory and as a lost ceremonial drum that returns to a young First Nations boy the power and the dignity of his people. There are stories set in turn-of-the-century Chicago, '80s New York, twenty-first century Singapore, and space; there are lesbian lady knights, Arthur and Merlin reborn in the modern era for a second chance at saving the world and falling in love--even a coffee shop AU. Brave, bold, and groundbreaking, the stories in Sword Stone Table will bring fresh life to beloved myths and give long-time fans a chance to finally see themselves in their favorite legends." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
Arthurian romances -- Adaptations.
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Short stories.
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Fiction.
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Adaptations.
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| Added Name(S) |
Krishna, Swapna, editor.
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Northington, Jenn, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780593081891 (paperback) |
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0593081897 (paperback) |
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