Jack Dann

Author of Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy

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About the Author

Jack Dann is a science fiction writer and editor who was born in 1945 in Johnson City, New York, and now lives on a farm in Victoria, Australia. He is a multiple award winning author who has written or edited over 65 books, which have been translated into thirteen languages. His short stories have show more appeared in major magazines and anthologies including Omni, Asimov's F&SF, Penthouse, and Playboy. His historical fiction novel about Leonardo da Vinci, The Memory Cathedral, won the 1996 Australian Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was number one on the Age bestseller list. His novella 'Da Vinci Rising', which integrates several sections of The Memory Cathedral with some new material, won the 1996 Nebula Award, making him the first Australian resident to win this award. He has received the Australian Aurealis Award twice, the Ditmar Award three times, and the World Fantasy Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

The Exclamatory Series

Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

Wandering Stars

Dreaming Down Under

White Wolf Rediscovery

Works by Jack Dann

Popular Recent

Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2007) — Editor — 787 copies

The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2009) — Editor — 399 copies

Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (1974) — Editor — 294 copies

The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo Da Vinci (1995) 234 copies

Unicorns! (1982) — Editor — 226 copies

Magicats! (1939) — Editor; Contributor — 220 copies

Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense (2011) — Editor — 207 copies

Dreaming Down-Under (1998) — Editor — 184 copies

The Man Who Melted (1984) 167 copies

Bestiary! (1985) — Editor — 123 copies

Hackers (1984) — Editor — 117 copies

Gathering the Bones (2003) — Editor — 111 copies

Nanotech! (1998) — Editor — 109 copies

Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space (2006) — Editor — 106 copies

Sorcerers! (1986) — Editor — 100 copies

Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction (2008) — Editor — 95 copies

More Wandering Stars: Outstanding Stories of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (1981) — Editor; Contributor — 93 copies

Nebula Awards 32: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (1998) — Editor; Contributor — 91 copies

Beyond Singularity (2005) — Editor — 86 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005) — Editor; Contributor — 83 copies

The Silent (1998) 81 copies

Mermaids! (1986) — Editor — 80 copies

Magicats II! (1991) — Editor — 76 copies

Demons! (1941) — Editor — 72 copies

Armageddons (1999) — Editor — 70 copies

Future power: A science fiction anthology (1976) — Editor — 70 copies

In the Field of Fire (1987) — Editor — 68 copies

Legends of Australian Fantasy (2010) — Editor — 63 copies

Run for the Stars/Echoes of Thunder (1991) — Contributor — 60 copies

Dinosaurs! (1990) — Editor; Contributor — 60 copies

Jubilee (2001) 59 copies

Unicorns II (1992) — Editor; Contributor — 58 copies

Aliens among Us (2000) — Editor — 58 copies

Aliens! (1980) — Editor — 56 copies

Immortals (1998) — Editor — 55 copies

Dragons! (1993) — Editor — 55 copies

Future War (1999) — Editor — 54 copies

Futures Past (Flights) (2006) — Editor; Contributor — 53 copies

Timegates (1997) — Editor — 53 copies

Dogtales! (1988) — Editor — 51 copies

Three in Time: Classic Novels of Time Travel (White Wolf Rediscovery Trio, Vol. 1) (1997) — Editor — 49 copies

Clones! (1998) — Editor — 48 copies

Genometry (2001) — Editor — 47 copies

Beyond Flesh (2002) — Editor — 47 copies

Faster Than Light (1976) — Editor — 46 copies

Space Soldiers (2001) — Editor — 45 copies

A.I.s (2004) — Editor — 43 copies

Horses! (1994) — Editor — 40 copies

Dangerous Games (2007) — Editor — 38 copies

Seaserpents! (1989) — Editor — 37 copies

Future Crimes (2003) — Editor — 36 copies

Dinosaurs II! (1995) — Editor — 35 copies

Slow Dancing Through Time (1990) — Contributor — 35 copies

Little People! (1991) — Editor; Contributor — 34 copies

Future Sports (2002) — Editor — 32 copies

Junction (1973) 30 copies

Robots, A Science Fiction Anthology (2005) — Editor — 30 copies

Invaders! (1993) — Editor — 29 copies

The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean (2004) 28 copies

Timetipping (1980) 23 copies

KatSF (1993) — Editor — 18 copies

Dreaming down under: Book two (2000) 18 copies

The Economy of Light (2008) 16 copies

The Dragon Book (2011) 16 copies

The Fiction Factory (2005) — Author — 15 copies

Angels! (1995) — Editor — 15 copies

Counting Coup (2001) 13 copies

The Fantasy & Science Fiction Book of Unicorns, Volume 2 — Contributor — 13 copies

Bad Medicine (2000) 13 copies

Concentration (2016) 12 copies

Masters of Science Fiction: Jack Dann (2022) 12 copies

Immortal: Short novels of the transhuman future (1978) 11 copies

Promised Land (2007) 10 copies

Going Under [novelette] 10 copies

Dreaming in the Dark (2016) — Editor — 10 copies

The Diamond Pit {novella} 10 copies

Da Vinci Rising (2001) 8 copies

Starhiker (1977) 8 copies

Playing The Game [short story] (1982) 7 copies

Blind Shemmy [novelette] 7 copies

Down Among the Dead Men (1982) 7 copies

Voices [short fiction] 6 copies

Insinuations (2010) 6 copies

The Gods Of Mars — Author — 6 copies

Golden Apples Of The Sun 5 copies

Visitations (2003) 5 copies

Niagara Falling 5 copies

Ships 5 copies

Tattoos 5 copies

Camps 5 copies

Da Vinci Rising / The Diamond Pit (Wildside Double #9) (2010) 4 copies

Bad Medicine [short story] 4 copies

Timetipping [short story] 4 copies

The Dybbuk Dolls 4 copies

Marilyn 4 copies

Visitors 4 copies

The Black Horn 3 copies

Afternoon At Schrafft's 3 copies

Fairy Tale 3 copies

A Quiet Revolution for Death 3 copies

Die schönsten Einhorn-Geschichten (1988) — Editor — 3 copies

Night Visions 3 copies

Among The Mountains 3 copies

Waiting for Medusa {short story} (2013) 3 copies

The Drum Lollipop 2 copies

Jumping the Road (1992) 2 copies

Christs and Other Poems 2 copies

The Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History: A Handbook on Craft, Art, and History (2023) 2 copies

The Extra 2 copies

The Glass Casket 2 copies

Kaddish 2 copies

Decimated: Ten Science Fiction Stories (2013) 2 copies

The Clowns 2 copies

Blues and the Abstract Truth 2 copies

High Steel [short story] 2 copies

Čarodějové 2 copies

Blind Eye 2 copies

Amnesia 2 copies

Art Appreciation 2 copies

Ting-a-Ling 2 copies

I'm with You in Rockland 2 copies

Dreaming With the Angels 2 copies

The Talking Sword 1 copy

The Starry Night 1 copy

Reading the Entrails: An Interview With Lucius Shepard (2015) 1 copy

The Island of Time {short story} 1 copy

Islands of Time 1 copy

Unicorns 1 copy

Mr. Death Goes To The Beach 1 copy

Vorwort (Aliens und andere Fremde) 1 copy

The Girl With No Hands And Other Tales 1 copy

Faces forward 1 copy

Tea 1 copy

Eden 1 copy

Alternative Rock (Folio. Science-fiction t. 485) (2014) 1 copy

Het kamp 1 copy

Čarodějové (2009) 1 copy

Vapors 1 copy

Time Bride 1 copy

The Incompleat Ripper 1 copy

Yellowhead 1 copy

Slow Dancing with Jesus 1 copy

Life In the Air 1 copy

Jubilee [short story] 1 copy

CAFE CULTURE 1 copy

Spirit Dog 1 copy

Between the Windows of the Sea 1 copy

The Apotheosis of Isaac Rosen 1 copy

The Art Of Memory 1 copy

A Cold Day in the Mesozoic 1 copy

La grande hurle (1986) 1 copy

Reunion 1 copy

Das große Katzen- Lesebuch der Fantasy. 18 phantastische Stories. (1993) 1 copy

Junction [early version; Ned Wheeler] 1 copy

The Marks of Painted Teeth 1 copy

Fragmentary Blue [There Are No Banisters] 1 copy

Good deeds [short story] (2004) 1 copy

Days of Stone 1 copy

A Change In the Weather 1 copy

Windows 1 copy

Mohamed’s Angel 1 copy

Rags 1 copy

Beastiary 1 copy

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Associated Works

Snow White, Blood Red (1993) — Contributor — 1,763 copies

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 508 copies

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993) — Contributor — 448 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (1992) — Contributor — 417 copies

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (2005) — Contributor — 384 copies

Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (2001) — Contributor — 253 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001) — Contributor — 249 copies

100 Great Fantasy Short, Short Stories (1984) — Contributor — 248 copies

Gallery of Horror (1983) — Contributor — 226 copies

Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism (1989) — Contributor — 221 copies

The 1986 Annual World's Best SF (1986) — Contributor — 216 copies

Epoch (1975) — Contributor — 211 copies

Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 202 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987) — Contributor — 202 copies

Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural (1981) — Contributor — 199 copies

The 1983 Annual World's Best SF (1983) — Contributor — 199 copies

The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contributor — 186 copies

The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019) — Contributor — 154 copies

Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Contributor — 150 copies

Microcosmic Tales (1944) — Contributor — 146 copies

Tales from the Great Turtle (1994) — Contributor — 144 copies

The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time (2002) — Contributor — 135 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984) — Contributor — 131 copies

The Monstrous (2015) — Contributor — 117 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contributor — 100 copies

Orbit 11 (1972) — Contributor — 97 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 (1982) — Contributor — 96 copies

New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 5 (1975) — Contributor — 95 copies

Metahorror (1988) — Contributor — 92 copies

Nebula Awards 31: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (No… (1997) — Contributor — 92 copies

Nebula Winners Fifteen (1981) — Contributor — 90 copies

Orbit 10 (1972) — Contributor — 89 copies

Nebula Award Stories 17 (1983) — Contributor — 87 copies

A World Named Cleopatra (1977) — Author — 87 copies

Nebula Awards 30: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1980) — Contributor — 86 copies

Black Mist (1997) — Contributor — 86 copies

Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (2013) — Contributor — 78 copies

New Worlds Quarterly 2 (1971) — Contributor — 78 copies

Live! From Planet Earth (2005) — Introduction — 77 copies

Journeys to the Twilight Zone (1993) — Contributor — 74 copies

Deals with the Devil (1994) — Contributor — 65 copies

Omega (1973) — Contributor — 65 copies

The Best Australian Science Fiction: A Fifty Year Collection (2004) — Contributor — 65 copies

Return to the Twilight Zone (1994) — Contributor — 65 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 (1984) — Contributor — 62 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11 (1985) — Contributor — 61 copies

Moon Dogs (2000) — Author — 61 copies

100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies

Shadows 8 (1985) — Contributor — 59 copies

The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVIII (1990) — Contributor — 58 copies

Fears (1983) — Contributor — 57 copies

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 10: Ghosts (1988) — Contributor — 56 copies

Shadows 6 (1983) — Contributor — 54 copies

New Worlds Quarterly 3 (1972) — Contributor — 53 copies

Lethal Kisses: 18 Tales of Sex, Horror, and Revenge (1996) — Contributor, some editions — 53 copies

New Worlds 6 (1973) — Contributor — 51 copies

The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 51 copies

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X (1982) — Contributor — 51 copies

The Architecture of Fear (1987) — Contributor — 51 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 14 (1988) — Contributor — 50 copies

The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 49 copies

Dancing With the Dark (1999) — Contributor — 49 copies

Men Writing Science Fiction As Women (2003) — Contributor — 47 copies

Shadows 2 (1978) — Contributor — 47 copies

New Worlds 5 (1973) — Contributor — 45 copies

Nightmares (1979) — Contributor — 43 copies

Horrors (1866) — Contributor — 43 copies

The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVI (1988) — Contributor — 41 copies

Strange Bedfellows (1973) — Contributor — 40 copies

The Best Of New Dimensions (1979) — Author — 39 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 (1998) — Contributor — 38 copies

Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (1995) — Contributor — 37 copies

Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Contributor — 36 copies

New Dimensions 12 (1981) — Contributor — 34 copies

Conqueror Fantastic (2004) — Contributor — 33 copies

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies

Polyphony 3 (2003) — Author — 32 copies

The Complete Masters of Darkness (1991) — Contributor — 32 copies

Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep (1994) — Contributor — 31 copies

Human Machines: An Anthology of Stories about Cyborgs (1975) — Contributor — 30 copies

After Midnight (1986) — Contributor — 29 copies

Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (1984) — Contributor — 28 copies

A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ (2007) — Contributor — 28 copies

Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven : Essential Jewish Tales of the Spirit (2000) — Editor — 28 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 27 copies

Millennium 3001 (2006) — Contributor — 27 copies

Polyphony 2 (2003) — Contributor — 26 copies

Tropical Chills (1988) — Contributor — 25 copies

Omni Best Science Fiction One (1992) — Contributor — 25 copies

The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 (1981) — Contributor — 22 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 2 (2006) — Contributor — 22 copies

Polyphony 6 (2006) — Contributor — 21 copies

Dystopian Visions (1975) — Contributor — 19 copies

Shared tomorrows: Science fiction in collaboration (1979) — Contributor — 19 copies

Demon Kind (11-in-1) (1973) — Contributor — 18 copies

Past Magic (1990) — Introduction — 18 copies

Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People (2020) — Contributor — 17 copies

Agog! Terrific Tales (2003) — Contributor — 17 copies

Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (2021) — Contributor — 16 copies

Intensive Scare (1990) — Contributor — 16 copies

New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 8 (1978) — Contributor — 15 copies

Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters (1999) — Contributor — 15 copies

Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Ninth Annual Collection (1980) — Contributor — 15 copies

Omni Visions Two (1994) — Contributor — 14 copies

Jewish Futures: Science Fiction from the World's Oldest Diaspora (2023) — Introduction — 14 copies

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 4 [April 1989] (1989) — Contributor — 13 copies

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 11 [October 1992] (1992) — Author — 13 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 15: Worldcon 2008 Special (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 19, No. 6 [May 1995] (1995) — Author — 13 copies

Showcase (1973) — Introduction — 11 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 9 (2006) — Contributor — 10 copies

Fantastic Worlds (1999) — Contributor — 10 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 4 (2004) — Contributor — 10 copies

Baggage (2010) — Contributor — 10 copies

Relics, Wrecks and Ruins (2021) — Contributor — 9 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 2 (2004) — Contributor — 9 copies

Kopernikus 3 (1981) — Contributor, some editions — 8 copies

Amazing Stories Vol. 50, No. 1 [June 1976] (1976) — Contributor — 8 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 30/31: Memoryville Blues (2013) — Contributor — 8 copies

Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories (1974) — Contributor — 7 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 3 (2006) — Contributor — 7 copies

New constellations: An anthology of tomorrow's mythologies (1976) — Contributor — 5 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 43, No. 3 & 4 [March/April 2019] (2019) — Contributor — 4 copies

Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 3 (2021) — Afterword — 4 copies

Omni Magazine March 1985 (1985) — Contributor — 3 copies

Caped Fear: Superhuman Horror Stories (2022) — Contributor — 1 copy

80年代SF傑作選〈上〉 (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (1992) — Contributor — 1 copy

Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies (2021) — Contributor — 1 copy

Rod Serling's the Twilight Zone Magazine 1987 01 January-February — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Dann, Jack
Legal name: Dann, Jack Mayo
Other names: Dann, Jack M.
Birthdate: 1945-02-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Johnson City, New York, USA
Places of residence: Foster, Victoria, Australia
Binghamton, New York, USA
Education: University of Queensland (Ph.D|2016)
State University of New York, Binghamton (BA|1968)
St John's University School of Law
Hofstra University
Occupations: writer
editor
Relationships: Webb, Janeen (wife)
Dann, Jeanne Van Buren (former wife)
Organizations: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Awards and honors: Australian Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1996, 1997)
Nebula Award (1997)
Ditmar Award (1997, 1999, 2002)
World Fantasy Award (1999, 2017)
Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence (2008)
Premios Gilgamés de Narrativa Fantastica award (1986)

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Faster Than Light by George Zebrowski

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beskamiltar | 1 other review | Apr 10, 2024 |

Unicorns by Jack Dann

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beskamiltar | 2 other reviews | Apr 10, 2024 |

Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating… by Jack Dann

Quick Word: Some stories were well crafted, but the collection as a whole was to dark and unsettling for me.

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TashaBookStuff | 5 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |

Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern… by Jack Dann

A particularly well crafted collection of magical tales, from classic to urban fantasy, some steampunk-ish SF/fantasy blend, some particularly well done reimaginings of Arthur lengends and children's tales (Alice in Wonderland), this collection has it all.
Unusually, i do not feel the need to remind folks that not all tales in any given anthology will appeal to all readers, as this is one i read everything in it.

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