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FIRST PLACE Best Fantasy Collection

J. R. R. Tolkien "The Silmarillion", "The Lays of Belleriand"

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SECOND PLACE Best Fantasy Collection
 

George McDonald "Stories"
J. R. R. Tolkien "The Shaping of Middle-earth"; "Unfinished Tales"

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Harlan Ellison "Deathbird Stories"
Robert Holdstock "The Bone Forest"
Tanith Lee "Dreams of Dark and Light"
Fritz Leiber "Swords Against Death"
Paul Di Filippo "SteamPunk Trilogy"
J. R. R. Tolkien "The Book of Lost Tales"
Boris Vian "The Foam of Days"

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FOURTH PLACE Best Fantasy Collection

Stephen King "Different Seasons"
Clive Barker "The Books Of Blood"
Tanith Lee "Tamastara, Or The Indian Nights"
Fritz Leiber "Swords And Deviltry"; "Swords In The Mist"
Jeff VanderMeer "Secret Lives"


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