This anthtology is a great collection of short stories by THE most well known fantasy authors (barring Tolkien and Rowling). And it is well worth a read, if you're looking for new great fantasy series to read.

In fact, the only writers/series I didn't know were 'Majipoor' and 'Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'. And there is a reason why.

Robert Silverberg's Majipoor is a horrible peace of writing. A completely illogical world building and his discriptive writing is atrocious. (However much I would like to get into details, that would make this review too long.) I then looked once more at the cover of my book to see where he was known from, and lo-and-behold, the man is also the editor of the book. Which explains 2 things:

1. Why his atrocious writing is in the book in the first place.
2. Why all of the introductions are badly written and FULL OF SPOILERS

Seriously, if you want to read a few of the series after reading these shorts, DO NOT READ THE INTRODUCTIONS. You will get spoiled as fuck.
And in general I would just ignore Silverberg's writing in general. I know I will.

The rest of the short stories are all good to amazing (read: 3-5 stars). Really, they are all worth your time. Except maybe the Pern short story, but for a series known for its dragons, they shined in their absence. But I have heard this short story is not really repsresentative of the universe, so I'm willing to give the Pern series a go nonetheless.

As with all short stories, their depth and place in the world are much better understood if you have already read said series. And even then, theuniverses I was already familiar with added some great tales.

JUST STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING SILVERBERG HIMSELF WROTE.