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Sunfall
''The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh'' is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short story, short stories, Novella, novelettes and novella written by American author C. J. Cherryh between 1977 and 2004. It was first published by DAW Books in 2004. This collection includes the contents of two previous Cherryh collections, ''Sunfall'' (1981) and ''Visible Light'' (1986), all of the stories from ''Glass and Amber'' (1987), stories originally published in other collections and magazines, and one story written specifically for this collection ("MasKs"). Cherryh's 1978 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award winning story, "Cassandra (short story), Cassandra" is also included. ''The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh'' was voted the second best collection in the 2005 Locus Awards. Background Cherryh is best known for her science fiction and fantasy novels. Short story writing is an art she never considered until she had several novels published. The compac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan (born 29 June 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through contemporary art gallery, galleries in the United States and through his website. The EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Whelan in June 2009, the first living artist so honored. According to his Hall of Fame citation His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including many Stephen King novels, most of the Del Rey Books, Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series, Piers Anthony's ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Barsoom, Mars'' series, Melanie Rawn's ''Dragon Prince and Dragon Star'' series, the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shared Universe
A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where more than one writer (or other artist) independently contributes a work that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, characters, or world of the overall project. It is common in genres like science fiction. It differs from collaborative writing in which multiple artists are working together on the same work and from crossovers where the works and characters are independent except for a single meeting. The term ''shared universe'' is also used within comics to reflect the overall milieu created by the comic book publisher in which characters, events, and premises from one product line appear in other product lines in a media franchise. A specific kind of shared universe that is published across a variety of media (such as novels and films), each of them contributing to the growth, history, and status of the setting is called an "imaginary entertainment enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David B
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity", released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust (character), Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of Bowie's single "Starman (song), Starma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scapegoat (Cherryh Novel)
"The Scapegoat" is a science fiction novella by American writer C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. It deals with a war in which the two opposing species can not communicate with one another and do not know how to stop the conflict. The work was originally published in the 1985 anthology of military science fiction ''Alien Stars'' and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella. Plot summary An unarmed human starship and its crew of fifteen hundred are destroyed by a technologically less advanced alien race, later called elves by the humans because of their resemblance to the mythical creatures. Other unprovoked attacks follow. All negotiation attempts fail; the elves fire without communication. Eventually, the overmatched enemy is driven back to his home world, but the conflict does not cease. The Alliance, one of the three human power blocs, ends up mired in a twenty-year-long war. In all that time, humans get no closer to understanding why the elves fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' and the ''Darkover'' series. Noted for the feminist perspective in her writing, her reputation has been posthumously marred by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse by her daughter Moira Greyland, and for allegedly assisting her second husband, convicted child abuser Walter Breen, in sexually abusing multiple unrelated children. Biography Born Marion Eleanor Zimmer on June 3, 1930, she lived on a farm in Albany, New York, and began writing at the age of 17. She was married to Robert Alden Bradley from October 26, 1949 until their divorce on May 19, 1964. They had a son, David Robert Bradley (1950–2008). During the 1950s she was introduced to lesbian advocacy organization the Daughters of Bilitis. After her divorce, Bradley marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Shwartz
Susan Shwartz (born December 31, 1949) is an American author.King, T. Jackson. "SFC Interview: Susan Shwartz". ''Science Fiction Chronicle'' 16(7): 5, (pp. 30-33). June/July 1995. Education and career She received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1972 and a PhD in English from Harvard University. Shwartz's ''Heirs to Byzantium'' trilogy – ''Byzantium's Crown'' (1987), ''The Woman of Flowers'' (1987) and ''Queensblade'' (1988) is an alternate history series. The Heirs to Byzantium novels are set in a world where Marc Antony defeats Octavius in the Battle of Actium, and joins with Cleopatra to make Byzantium capital of the Roman Empire. Shwartz's novel ''The Grail of Hearts'' (1992) is a fantasy that features the Holy Grail. It also features a sympathetic version of Kundry from Richard Wagner's opera ''Parsifal''; Shwart's Kundry is depicted as a version of the Wandering Jew. Shwartz has published several novels and sixty short stories. Works Novels * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ealdwood
"Ealdwood" is a fantasy novella by American writer C. J. Cherryh. One of Cherryh's ''Ealdwood Stories'', it was first published in 1981 in literature, 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Donald M. Grant in a limited edition of 1,050 copies. The edition was illustrated by the author's brother, David A. Cherry. The novella draws on Celtic mythology and is about Ealdwood, a forest at the edge of Faery, and Arafel, a Aos Sí, Daoine Sidhe. "Ealdwood" and the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone" (published in ''Amazons!'', edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson) were combined and revised by Cherryh and published as a novel, ''The Dreamstone (novel), The Dreamstone'' in 1983. Cherryh published a sequel to ''The Dreamstone'' later in 1983, ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels''. Award nominations * 1982 World Fantasy Award, Novella * 1982 Locus Award, Novella References Sources * * * * * 1981 American novels 1981 fantasy novels Novels about fairies and sprites Novels about magi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dreamstone (novel)
''The Dreamstone'' is a 1983 Fantasy literature, fantasy novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh. It includes revisions of the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone" (''Amazons!'', ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson) and her 1981 novella ''Ealdwood'', plus additional material. The book is the first of two novels in Cherryh's ''Ealdwood Stories'' series, the second being ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels''. The series draws on Celtic mythology and is about Ealdwood, a forest at the edge of Faery, and Arafel, a Aos Sí, Daoine Sidhe. ''The Dreamstone'' was first published in 1983 as a paperback edition by DAW Books, and featured cover art by Cherryh's brother, David A. Cherry. ''The Dreamstone'' and ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels'' were later republished in three omnibuses: *''Arafel's Saga'' (1983, DAW Books) *''Ealdwood'' (1991, Victor Gollancz Ltd, Victor Gollancz) – includes revisions and a new ending *''The Dreaming Tree'' (1997, DAW Books) – includes the revisions and new end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Jessica Amanda Salmonson (born January 6, 1950John Clute and John Grant,Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, in ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'', pp. 832–833, Orbit, London / St Martin’s Press, New York (1997).) is an American author and editor of fantasy and horror fiction and poetry. She lives on Puget Sound with her partner, artist and editor Rhonda Boothe. Writing career Author Salmonson is the author of the ''Tomoe Gozen'' trilogy, a fantasy version of the tale of the historical female samurai Tomoe Gozen. Her other novels are ''The Swordswoman'', ''Ou Lu Khen and the Beautiful Madwoman'', an Asian fantasy, and a modern horror novel, ''Anthony Shriek''. Her short story collections include ''A Silver Thread of Madness''; ''Mystic Women''; ''John Collier and Fredric Brown Went Quarreling Through My Head''; ''The Deep Museum: Ghost Stories of a Melancholic''; and ''The Dark Tales''. Poetry collections include ''Horn of Tara'' and ''The Ghost Garden''. Editor Salmonson was the ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazons!
''Amazons!'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, with a cover and frontispiece by Michael Whelan. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in December 1979, and was the first significant fantasy anthology of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It received the 1980 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. Summary The book collects 14 short stories, novelettes and poems by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Salmonson and an essay on additional reading by Salmonson and Susan Wood. Contents *"Amazons" (poem) ( Melanie Kaye) *"Introduction: Our Amazon Heritage" (Jessica Amanda Salmonson) *"The Dreamstone" (C. J. Cherryh) *"Wolves of Nakesht" (Janrae Frank) *"Woman of the White Waste" ( T. J. Morgan) *"The Death of Augusta" (poem) (Emily Brontë; edited by Joanna Russ) *"Morrien's Bitch" (Janet Fox) *"Agbewe's Sword" (Charles R. Saunders) *"Jane Saint's Travails (Part One)" ( Josephine Saxton) *"The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ealdwood Stories
The ''Ealdwood Stories'', also known as the ''Arafel Stories'', are a collection of fantasy works by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The books are works of high fantasy based in part on Celtic mythology. Arafel, a main character, is a Daoine Sidhe, the highest of the Sidhe faery-folk. She dwells in the magical small forest of Ealdwood, from which the tales take their name. Works *"The Dreamstone" (1979) – short story first published in ''Amazons!'' (DAW), edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson *''Ealdwood'' (1981, Victor Gollancz) – novella *''The Dreamstone'' (1983, DAW) – novel, included revisions of "The Dreamstone" (1979) and ''Ealdwood'' (1981), plus additional material *''The Tree of Swords and Jewels'' (1983, DAW) – novel, sequel to ''The Dreamstone'' (1983) Omnibuses ''The Dreamstone'' (1983) and ''The Tree of Swords and Jewels'' (1983) have been republished in several omnibuses, some with substantial revisions. Cherryh also wrote a new ending which she felt was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faery In Shadow
''Faery in Shadow'' is a fantasy novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Legend Books in August 1993 in trade paperback, and the first United States edition was published by Ballantine Books under its Del Rey Books imprint in November 1993 in hardcover. It was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1994. ''Faery in Shadow'' is a sequel to Cherryh's novella " The Brothers", which was first published in her 1986 collection of short fiction, ''Visible Light'', and is based in part on Celtic mythology,Fancher 2004, p.36. featuring such creatures as the fay race of the Sídhe, including pooka. Its setting is suffused with magical forces and supernatural beings, marking it as an example of the high fantasy literary subgenre. Cherryh also borrows elements from horror fiction for the book. A major revision of ''Faery in Shadow'' entitled ''Faery Moon'', with a new copyright, was self-published by Cherryh as an e-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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