Turn the Other Chick is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Mitch Foust.[1] It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in hardcover by Baen Books in November 2004; a paperback edition followed in March 2006. It was the fifth of a series of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner. (The first three books were collected as Chicks Ahoy in 2010).
Author | Edited by Esther Friesner |
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Cover artist | Mitch Foust |
Language | English |
Series | Chicks in Chainmail |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 2004 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 295 pp. |
ISBN | 0-7434-8857-1 |
OCLC | 55800911 |
813/.0876608358 22 | |
LC Class | PS648.W6 T87 2004 |
Preceded by | The Chick Is in the Mail |
Followed by | Chicks and Balances |
The book collects 22 short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction and a section of notes about the authors by Friesner.
Contents
edit- "Introduction" (Esther Friesner), reprinted on-line here.
- "Mightier Than the Sword" (John G. Hemry), reprinted on-line here.
- "A Late Symmer Night's Battle" (Laura Frankos), reprinted on-line here.
- "Psyched Up" (Michael D. Turner), reprinted on-line here.
- "Branded" (Jan Stirling), reprinted on-line here.
- "The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord" (Cassandra Claire), reprinted on-line here.
- "She Stuffs to Conquer" (Yvonne Coats), reprinted on-line here.
- "The Gypsy Queen" (Catherine H. Shaffer)
- "Over the Hill" (Jim C. Hines)
- "A Sword Called Rhonda" (D. S. Moen)
- "Giants in the Earth" (Esther Friesner)
- "Rituals for a New God" (Wen Spencer)
- "I Look Good" (Selina Rosen)
- "Combat Shopping" (Lee Martindale)
- "Battle Ready" (J. Ardian Lee)
- "A Woman's Armor" (Lesley McBain)
- "Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Hall of the Puppet King" (K. D. Wentworth)
- "Princess Injera Versus the Spanakopita of Doom" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
- "Brunhilde's Bra" (Laura J. Underwood)
- "Smoke and Mirrors" (Steven Piziks)
- "The Truth About the Gotterdammerung" (Eric Flint)
- "Defender of the Small" (Jody Lynn Nye)
- "Of Mice and Chicks" (Harry Turtledove)
- "About the Authors" (Esther Friesner)
References
edit- ^ "Fantastic Fiction.com: Turn the Other Chick by Esther Friesner". www.fantasticfiction.com.
External links
edit- Turn the Other Chick title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database