Magic (short story collection)

Cover of the first edition, published by Harper Prism.

Magic (1996) is a collection of short stories and essays by American writer Isaac Asimov, all within (or concerning, in the latter case) the fantasy genre, collected and released after his death. The first seven stories are part of his Azazel series, while the remainder are three more traditional medieval fantasies and one mystery story from Asimov's Black Widowers series.

Contents

"Introduction"

Part One: The Final Fantasy Stories

• "To Your Health" (1989)
• "The Critic on the Hearth" (1992)
• "It's a Job" (1991)
• "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1991)
• "The Time Traveller" (1990)
• "Wine Is a Mocker" (1990)
• "The Mad Scientist (short story)|The Mad Scientist" (1989)
• "The Fable of the Three Princes" (1987)
• "March Against the Foe" (1994)
• "Northwestward" (1989)
• "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon" (1991)

Part Two: On Fantasy

• "Magic" (1985)
• "Sword and Sorcery" (1986)
• "Concerning Tolkien" (1991)
• "In Days of Old" (1985)
• "Giants in the Earth" (1985)
• "When Fantasy Became Fantasy" (1982)
• "The Reluctant Critic" (1978)
• "The Unicorn" (1986)
• "Unknown" (1987)
• "Extraordinary Voyages" (1978)
• "Fairy Tales" (1985)
• "Dear Judy-Lynn" (1986)
• "Fantasy" (1984)

Part Three: Beyond Fantasy

• "Reading and Writing" (1990)
• "The Right Answer" (1996)
• "Ignorance in America"
• "Knock Plastic!" (1989)
• "Lost in Non-Translation" (1989)
• "Look Long Upon a Monkey" (1989)

External links

• Magic at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database