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Songs The Dead Men Sing
''Songs the Dead Men Sing'' is the fourth short story collection of author George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels '' A So .... It was first published in October 1983 by Dark Harvest. It contains nine short stories. Contents References Short story collections by George R. R. Martin 1983 short story collections {{1980s-sf-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs The Dead Men Sing
''Songs the Dead Men Sing'' is the fourth short story collection of author George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels '' A So .... It was first published in October 1983 by Dark Harvest. It contains nine short stories. Contents References Short story collections by George R. R. Martin 1983 short story collections {{1980s-sf-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story has been recurrently problematic. A classic definition of a short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George R
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Songs Of Stars And Shadows
''Songs of Stars and Shadows'' is the second short story collection by author George R. R. Martin. The collection was first published by Pocket Books Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books. History Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in the United States in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing ... on July 1, 1977, and contains nine short stories. The cover of the book was painted by Edward Soyka, based on the story, This Tower of Ashes. Contents # "This Tower of Ashes" (1976) # "Patrick Henry, Jupiter, and the Little Red Brick Spaceship" (1976) # "Men of Greywater Station" (1976) # "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" (1976) # "Night of the Vampyres" (1975) # "The Runners" (1975) # "Night Shift" (1973) # "...For a Single Yesterday" (1975) # "And Seven Times Never Kill Man" (1975), novelette References Short story collections by George R. R. Martin 1977 short story collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandkings (short Story Collection)
''Sandkings'' is a collection of science fiction short stories by George R. R. Martin, published by Timescape Books in December 1981. The collection won the Locus Award for best single author collection. The multiple-award-winning title story concerns a race of insectoid, militaristic alien "pets" who worship their master until he badly mistreats them. Contents # "The Way of Cross and Dragon" ('' Omni'', June 1979), novelette # "Bitterblooms" ('' Cosmos'', November 1977), novelette # "In the House of the Worm" (''The Ides of Tomorrow'', 1976) # "Fast-Friend" (''Faster than Light'', 1976) # "The Stone City" (''New Voices I'', 1977), novelette # "Starlady" (''Science Fiction Discoveries'', 1976) # " Sandkings" (''Omni'', August 1979), novelette "Sandkings" In the original story (set in the same fictional "Thousand Worlds" universe as several of Martin's other works, including '' Dying of the Light'', ''Nightflyers'', '' A Song for Lya'', " With Morning Comes Mistfall", "The Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandkings (novelette)
"Sandkings" is a novelette by American writer George R. R. Martin, first published in the August 1979 issue of '' Omni''. In 1980, it won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the Locus Award for best novelette, and was nominated for the Balrog Award in short fiction. It is the only one of Martin's stories to date to have won both the Hugo and the Nebula. It was included in the short story collection of the same name, published by Timescape Books in December 1981. Martin was inspired by a college friend at Northwestern University who had a piranha tank and would sometimes throw goldfish into it between horror film screenings. He had intended it to be part of a series, with Wo & Shade operating shops on many different planets, but the idea did not pan out. "Sandkings" is set in the same fictional "Thousand Worlds" universe as several of Martin's other works, including '' Dying of the Light'', '' Nightflyers'', ''A Song for Lya'', "The Way of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightflyers
''Nightflyers'' is a science fiction horror novella by American writer George R. R. Martin, released as a short novella in 1980 and as an expanded novella in 1981. A short story collection of the same name was released in 1985 that includes the expanded novella. In 1987, the short novella was adapted into a film by the same name. A 2018 television adaptation of the extended novella was developed; television presentation began on December 2, 2018, on the SyFy Channel. Setting ''Nightflyers'' is set in the distant future. In the distant past, the humans of the Federated Nations of Earth discovered the stardrive. The Federated Nations of Earth eventually morphed into the Federal Empire. For a thousand years, humanity waged war with an alien species called the Hrangan, which caused the collapse of the Federal Empire. Humanity is interested in acquiring the advanced interstellar technology of the ''volcryn'', an enigmatic alien species. Plot summary A nine-member team of Academy sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story Collections By George R
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