''A Song for Lya'' is the first collection of stories by

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ...

writer George R. R. Martin, published as a paperback original by

Avon Books Avon Publications is one of the leading publishers of romance fiction. At Avon's initial stages, it was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. The shift in content occurred in the early 1970s with multiple Avon romance titles rea ...

in 1976. It was reprinted by different publishers in 1978 and in 2001. The title is sometimes rendered ''A Song for Lya and Other Stories''. ''A Song for Lya'' won the 1977 Locus Poll as the year's best story collection.

# " With Morning Comes Mistfall" ('' Analog'', 1973) # "The Second Kind of Loneliness" (''Analog'', 1972) # "Override" (''Analog'', 1973), novelette # "Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels" (''Vertex'', 1973) # "The Hero" ( ''Galaxy'', 1971) # "FTA" (''Analog'', 1974) # "Run to Starlight" ('' Amazing'', 1974) # "The Exit to San Breta" (''

Fantastic The fantastic (french: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, charac ...

'', 1972) # "Slide Show" (''Omega'', 1973) # " A Song for Lya" (''Analog'', 1974), novella

Reception

Spider Robinson Spider Robinson (born November 24, 1948) is an American-born Canadian science fiction author. He has won a number of awards for his hard science fiction and humorous stories, including the Hugo Award 1977 and 1983, and another Hugo with his co-a ...

reviewed the collection favorably, declaring that while a few stories were "duds," that "the good stuff in ''Song for Lya'' is so dazzingly good that it would cover a much greater multitude of sins"."Galaxy Bookshelf", ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Edit ...

'', September 1976, p.113-14

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Song for Lya 1976 short story collections Science fiction short story collections Short story collections by George R. R. Martin Avon (publisher) books

Contents

Reception

References