Legends: Tales From the Eternal Archives #1, Margaret Weis (ed.), DAW Books, 1999
The Eternal Archives are the repository for all that has ever happened on Earth, the myths, stories and legends that have formed our destiny. Now the doors have been opened, and the tales can be retold.
This all-original fantasy anthology covers much of human history, from ancient Egypt to the present. Genghis Khan was rolling through China like a steam roller, until he was taken to a land beyond human understanding. The Egyptian Pharaoh Khafre decreed that a giant sandstone mound in the desert should be carved into the shape of a god, but which god would be so immortalized? Also included is a different view of the legend of King Solomon involving one baby claimed by two women. During a tunnel clearing contest through a mountain, John Henry, the steel-driving man, descends into Hell to rescue the son of the man who designed and built it (Hell, that is). Another story is about the capture of Billy The Kid by an old friend, now a sheriff. Monsters in the present-day Chicago sewer system engage in a sort of natural population control above ground.
I enjoyed these stories. There's something here for everyone, along with the potential for this to be better than the average fantasy anthology series.
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