Tempting the Gods collects some of Tanith Lee’s fiction from the late 80s to the present, from a variety of venues (Asimovs’, Weird Tales, and Realms of Fantasy). They range in tone from the dark ( and “Cain and “) and Arthurian Legend ( and “The Kingdoms of the Air and “), to Arabian Nights adventure ( and “These Beasts and “) and the just plain weird ( and “Tiger I and “). All stories feature Lee’s carefully crafted language, tight plotting, vivid imagination, and matchless evocation of atmosphere. Not all tales are dark — there’s even some humor, such as the new to this collection and “God and the Pig. and ” Like Bradbury and Vance, Lee is a unique stylist. This collection — the first part of a two part series — is a perfect introduction to her work, some of the best writing in the weird fiction category.

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