Zahorski, Kenneth J
Entry updated 22 June 2026. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor.
(1939- ) US academic (a professor of English), author, editor and critic who began to publish work of genre interest with the well-received Fantasy reprint Anthology The Fantastic Imagination (anth 1977; vt The Fantastic Imagination: An Anthology of High Fantasy 1977) edited with Robert H Boyer, with whom he edited several more such compilations [see Checklist below]. These include the nonfiction Fantasists on Fantasy (anth 1984), assembling writings by eighteen authors from George MacDonald to Susan Cooper about their worlds and worldbuilding. Zahorski also collaborated with Boyer and Marshall B Tymn on the important reference work Fantasy Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide (1979). A solo work of interest is Peter Beagle (1988), a study of Peter S Beagle written for Starmont House. [DRL]
Kenneth James Zahorski
born Cedarville, Indiana: 23 October 1939
works
nonfiction
- Fantasy Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide (New York: R R Bowker, 1979) with Robert H Boyer and Marshall B Tymn [bibliography: hb/]
- Lloyd Alexander, Evangeline Walton Ensley, Kenneth Morris: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography (Boston, Massachusetts: G K Hall, 1981) with Robert H Boyer [bibliography: in the publisher's Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy series: hb/]
- Peter Beagle (Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1988) [nonfiction: Peter S Beagle: in the Starmont Reader's Guide series: pb/]
works as editor
- The Fantastic Imagination (New York: Avon Books, 1977) with Robert H Boyer [anth: pb/]
- The Fantastic Imagination: An Anthology of High Fantasy (New York: Avon Books, 1977) with Robert H Boyer [anth: vt of the above: pb/]
- Dark Imaginings: A Collection of Gothic Fantasy (New York: Dell/Delta, 1978) with Robert H Boyer [anth: pb/Joel Schick]
- The Fantastic Imagination II (New York: Avon Books, 1978) with Robert H Boyer [anth: pb/Elizabeth Malczynski]
- The Phoenix Tree: An Anthology of Myth Fantasy (New York: Avon Books, 1980) with Robert H Boyer [anth: pb/]
- Visions of Wonder: An Anthology of Christian Fantasy (New York: Avon Books, 1981) with Robert H Boyer [anth: pb/Peter Goodfellow]
- Visions & Imaginings: Classic Fantasy Fiction (Chicago, Illinois: Academy Chicago, 1992) with Robert H Boyer [anth: pb/Barbara Corey]
nonfiction works as editor
- Fantasists on Fantasy (New York: Avon Books/Discus, 1984) with Robert H Boyer [nonfiction: anth: pb/]
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