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The Shimmering Door

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For those who are wondering, this is the same book that was published as 'Sorceries' by Voyager in Australia and England.

A wonderful mix of authors, and a wide variety of stories and setting. It was a great introduction to me to authors who are not available in Australia, and a welcome homecoming to some of my favourite fantasy authors. I was only sorry that there was nothing by Kerr herself in the collection, although her co-author of the Pinch novels, Mark Kreighbaum is represented, along with another of my favourites, Charles de Lint.

My most favourite story in the whole collection was Connie Hirsch's 'Wicked Cool'. A fun story in an absolutely luscious setting. I hope she writes some novels or perhaps a collection of short stories in that world, as I would love to visit there again. The setting is a university in Boston where the students study magic as part of the curriculum, encounter ghosts on the stairwell and fly around on broomsticks. More please!

A fantastic compilation of short stories! I love the magic/fantasy genre and "The Shimmering Door" was a wonderful way to read a wide range of authors, but not have a ton of books checked out from the library all at once. There were only two stories that left me thinking, "whaaa??" the rest were outstanding. The vast majority of the stories give you enough of a complete thought that you enjoy the story in and of itself, and often they leaving you wishing for a whole book to follow the characters/stories. Katherine Kerr gathered a wonderful group of stories in "The Shimmering Door," and arranged them in three sections, which fit well. My only complaint with this book is that Kerr didn't have a story of her own in the book, writing only the introduction (of course, having a story of her own in there doesn't really fit either so I suppose I understand. . . ). I wish that I owned this book rather than just borrowed from the library - it'd be nice to have more time between stories to digest them better. Enjoy "The Shimmering Door" it is wonderful!