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The Anything Box

Zenna Henderson

Paperback | Pages: 191 pages

Rating: 4.31 | 724 Users | 62 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Anything Box
ISBN:	0380017458 (ISBN13: 9780380017454)
Edition Language:	English

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Don't open The Anything Box unless you're prepared for the unexpected.

The Grunder, a thing of horror which, if defeated, restores love...

The Noise-Eater, created by a child out of his fevered imagination, gobbles up anything--or anyone--that makes a sound...

The Coveti, residents of an alien world poisoned by the intrusion of the stranger from Earth...

The Beast Hill, an ordinary mound of earth, except that its grass resembles fur, and--doesn't it move?

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Title	:	The Anything Box
Author	:	Zenna Henderson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 191 pages
Published	:	December 28th 1977 by Avon Books (first published 1965)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Short Stories. Fiction

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A fascinating and imaginative book. I cannot recommend this highly enough! Each story was meticulously crafted and very, very clever. I'm sad that it's over, but I'm looking forward to reading more by this wonderful writer!

Actually, her married name was Zenna Chlarson. My great Aunt.

A sweet and beautiful story of a child and her teacher, about the magic and necessity of imagination and hope - for both children and adults. Delicate, yet powerful. [A re-read; this story can be found in the collection of the same title, and in several different anthologies.]Publication History for the short story, 'The Anything Box':The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct 1956SF:'57, 1957The Anything Box, 1965SF: The Best of the Best, 1967Science Fiction I, 1973The Golden Road, 1973

I often find short story collections unsatisfactory, but Zenna Henderson has created a collection of short stories that have a linking theme to them, well a similar timbre and threads that run from one story to the other - alien worlds, familiar emotions, dislike of small children, the clarity of vision of children untainted by adult preconceptions and limitations. About half of the stories have sad or terrifying stings in the tail, and as many have optimistic or warm-feeling inducing endings.

3/2013 I read Walking Aunt Daid through tears, oh, who am I kidding- through sobs, the other night to a teenaged boy. If I never do another thing in my life, it's okay. Henderson's that good. I've dipped and supped throughout the book in the days since I read that story and as always I marvel that Henderson isn't more revered, isn't celebrated with parades and sparklers on her birthday. There are so many brilliant stories in this collection alone. Seriously, READ ZENNA HENDERSON. Read her right

"See my box, Teacher? It's my Anything Box.""Oh, my!" I said. "May I hold it?"After all, I have held - tenderly or apprehensively or bravely - tiger magic, live rattlesnakes, dragon's teeth, poor little dead butterflies and two ears and a nose that dropped off Sojie one cold morning - none of which I could see any more than I could the Anything Box. But I took the squareness from her carefully, my tenderness showing in my fingers and my face.And I received weight and substance and actuality!

As with any writing by Zenna Henderson, these short stories need to be read when the reader is able to devote full attention to them. Henderson's writing was dense and poetic. Is it worth the effort? If you find a paperback copy in a used bookstore (good luck with that!), you'll easily be able to answer the question--these editions are always dogeared, and many have pages falling out.CONTENTSI THE ANYTHING BOX (1956): Sue-lynn comes from a troubled family (her parents frequently quarrel, and her