''In Yana, the Touch of Undying'' is a novel by Michael Shea published in 1985.

Plot summary

''In Yana, the Touch of Undying'' is a novel in which the hero seeks a place where immortality is supposedly available.

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for mos ...

reviewed ''In Yana, the Touch of Undying'' for ''

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'' #95, and stated that "witty and erudite, though sometimes confusingly written."

Reviews

*Review by Faren Miller (1985) in

Locus Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to: Entertainment * Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front * ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine ** ''Locus Award' ...

, #299 December 1985 *Review by Algis Budrys (1986) in

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...

, April 1986 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in

Science Fiction Chronicle DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler. Initially based in Massachusetts, DNA Publications relocated to Radford, Virginia. A ...

, #86 November 1986

References

{{reflist 1985 novels