Beagle, Peter S

Entry updated 21 August 2023. Tagged: Author.

US fantasy author (1939- ) who has written no sf, but whose influence has extended beyond the range of his actual writing. He is given a full entry in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy [see under links below]. In the present encyclopedia, references to Beagle may be found under Chesley Awards; Eastercon; F&SF; Fantasy Magazine; Hugo; Locus Award; Mythology; Robert Nathan; Nebula; Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show; Port Iris; Theodore Sturgeon – Beagle wrote the introduction to Case and the Dreamer, Volume XIII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (coll 2010); Supernatural Creatures; and World Fantasy Award. [JC/DRL]

born New York: 20 April 1939

works (selected)

A Fine and Private Place (New York: The Viking Press, 1960) [hb/George Salter]
The Last Unicorn (New York: The Viking Press, 1968) [hb/Mel Williamson]
The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle (New York: The Viking Press, 1978) [omni of the above two plus other material: hb/Darrell Sweet]
The Folk of the Air (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1986) [hb/Barclay Shaw]
The Innkeeper's Song (New York: Roc, 1993) [hb/John Jude Palencar]
Tamsin (New York: Roc, 1999) [hb/Paul Youll]
The Essential Peter S Beagle (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2023) [coll/omni: hb/Stephanie Pui-Mun Law]
- The Essential Peter S Beagle: Volume 1: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2023) [coll/omni: containing half the contents of the above: hb/Stephanie Law]
- The Essential Peter S Beagle: Volume 2: Oakland Dragon Blues and Other Stories (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2023) [coll/omni: containing half the contents of the above: hb/Stephanie Law]

collections and stories

Lila the Werewolf (Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press, 1974) [story: chap: hb/Courtlandt Johnson]
The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 1997) [coll: hb/Michael Dashow]
The Line Between (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2006) [coll: hb/Ann Monn]
The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2007) [chap: first version of The Last Unicorn: hb/William Kaluta]
- The Last Unicorn: The Lost Journey (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2018) [chap: exp vt of the above with 3 added essays: illus/hb/Stephanie Pui-Mun Law]
Your Friendly Neighborhood Magician (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2007) [poetry: coll: chap: pb/]
We Never Talk About My Brother (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2009) [coll: pb/Ann Monn]
Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S Beagle (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2010) [coll: edited by Jonathan Strahan: hb/Michael W Kaluta]
The Karkadann Triangle (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2018) with Patricia A McKillip [coll: chap: one story by each author: hb/Thomas Canty]
The Way Home (New York: Ace Books, 2023) [coll: hb/]

works as editor

Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (New York: HarperPrism, 1995) with Janet Berliner and Martin H Greenberg [anth: hb/Michael Sabanosh]
- Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn Volume 1 (New York: HarperPrism, 1998) with Janet Berliner and Martin H Greenberg [anth: resorting half the contents of the above: pb/Michael Sabanosh]
- Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn Volume 2 (New York: HarperPrism, 1999) with Janet Berliner and Martin H Greenberg [anth: resorting the remaining contents of the above: pb/Michael Sabanosh]
The Urban Fantasy Anthology (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2011) with Joe R Lansdale [anth: pb/Elizabeth Story]
The New Voices of Fantasy (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2017) with Jacob Weisman [anth: pb/Elizabeth Story]
The Unicorn Anthology (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2019) with Jacob Weisman [anth: pb/Thomas Canty]

about the author

David Stevens. Beyond Horatio's Philosophy: The Fantasy of Peter S. Beagle (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2012) [nonfiction: pb/]

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