Sword Stone Table

Old Legends, New Voices

Sword Stone Table
Swapna Krishna, Jenny Northington
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NZ$ 35.00
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Paperback
h203 x 132mm - 320pg
13 Jul 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780593081891
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From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings. Featuring stories by-Alexander Chee . Preeti Chhibber . Roshani Chokshi . Sive Doyle . Maria Dahvana Headley . Ausma Zehanat Khan . Daniel M. Lavery . Ken Liu . Sarah MacLean . Silvia Moreno-Garcia . Jessica Plummer . Anthony Rapp . Waubgeshig Rice . Alex Segura . Nisi Shawl . S. Zainab WilliamsA Publishers Weekly Summer Reads pick!Here you' ll find the Lady of the Lake reimagined as an albino Ugandan sorceress and the Lady of Shalott as a wealthy, isolated woman in futuristic Mexico City; you' ll see Excalibur rediscovered 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 Gilded Age 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.
"With a premise this fun and a lineup this good, this anthology is a collection of treasures, to be marveled at and admired. Thought-provoking and immensely entertaining. " --Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of Interior ChinatownEach tale in Sword Stone Table is a piece of sorcery. Each remakes the legend of the once and future king--a historical story of larger-than-life people who could have existed, and perhaps did--to include those whom the original excluded. In place of rich and beautiful straight white people we have an Islamic law judge; women of all ages, sizes, and shapes; an albino Ugandan sorceress (and her nonbinary cat); the working poor; queer folk; BIPOC drummers, students, and isolated wealthy; and those who think they can never live up to their parents' standards of success. Each tale remakes the legend of what could have been into something that should have been. Stories are magic, so perhaps as we read this wonderful collection they will reweave our world into one in which they were, are, or will become true. --Nicola Griffith, author of Hild and So Lucky "An anthology of breathtaking breadth, depth, and creativity. . . . There isn' t a bad story in the bunch, and the anthology offers such a variety of style, theme, and genre that die-hard Arthurian fans and more casual readers will be equally delighted. This is a must-read. " --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
SWAPNA KRISHNA is a space, technology, and pop culture writer and journalist. Her work has been published at Engadget, The Verge, Polygon, StarTrek. com, StarWars. com, The A. V. Club, and more. You can find her on Twitter at @skrishna. JENN NORTHINGTON is a former bookseller and a current reviewer, podcaster, and editor with Riot New Media Group. She' s a lifelong book nerd and can be found primarily on Instagram at @iamjennIRL.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780593081891
Published: 13 Jul 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 132mm
Pages: 320

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