Fireflood: And Other Stories (Digital Original)

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Synopsis
A collection of eleven stories from the New York Times–bestselling author, including Nebula Award winner &“Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand.&” This brilliant collection of short fiction showcases renowned author Vonda N. McIntyre&’s sparkling lyricism, captivating vision, and advocacy of the different. The titular story is one of alienation and discrimination, as a woman transformed into an &“ugly&” lifeform—a clumsy &“digger&”—seeks to escape her servitude to humans, but is denied sanctuary by the beautiful and graceful &“flyers.&” Also included is the acclaimed story &“Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand,&” which became the first section of McIntyre&’s Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel, Dreamsnake. In it, a woman who harnesses the power of snakes&’ venom to heal saves the life of a nomad boy in the desert—but the price she pays may be too much to bear. In &“Aztecs,&” later expanded into the novel Superluminal, a woman undergoes biological modifications in order to pilot ships during faster-than-light travel. &“A quality selection . . . Zoning in on McIntyre&’s penchant for intense, dark stories with human pain and transcendence at their core . . . Fireflood, as with all of McIntyre&’s fiction, is written in a brooding, pulsing prose that drops the reader into a setting with little to orient themselves save the words on the page.&” —Speculiction &“Eleven stories by one of the most widely admired of the younger science-fiction writers . . . From awkward to wonderful—an interesting record of an up-and-coming talent&’s present whereabouts.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Copyright:
1979

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
281 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781504067416
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Vonda N. McIntyre
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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