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Book SynopsisAll of C.J. Cherryh's award-winning short fiction, collected in one volume for the first time...“It’s rare that I’m not working on a novel. Short stories often happen between novels. Consequently my output is fairly small. But I love the tale-telling concept, the notion that I can spin a yarn, rather than construct something architectural and precise.”
So writes triple Hugo Award-winning author C.J. Cherryh in the introduction to this book, the first comprehensive collection of her independent short fiction. For though Cherryh is primarily known for her novels, it’s clear both from the more than two dozen brilliant and varied stories collected here, as well as her commentaries about them, that she loves the short forms and truly enjoys her forays into them.
We welcome you to join the realms of C. J. Cherryh’s imagination, where you’ll visit: “Cassandra”—the Hugo Award-winning tale of a woman curs
Trade Review"Sure to appeal to Cherryh enthusiasts as well as initiates... all readers should appreciate her short fiction's
lyrical blend of SF and fantasy.... The
Visible Light section, which includes the Hugo-winning 'Cassandra,' highlights her
skill at creating poignant, believable characters embedded in political and personal conflicts." —
Publishers Weekly"This massive and valuable collection reprints all of Cherryh's short fiction... 'Cassandra' is a Hugo Award winner and, with 'A Thief in Korianth' and 'The Last Tower,' enjoys classic status in the Cherryh canon.... 'The Dark King,' 'The Unshadowed Land,' and 'Gwydion and the Dragon' are outstanding. Cherryh crafts even less impressive stories well enough to verify
her reputation for brilliance and versatility." —
Booklist"The twenty-nine short stories, novellas, and novelettes gathered here represent
the best of Cherryh's short fiction. Known primarily for such novels as
Cuckoo's Egg and the 'Chanur' series, Cherryh demonstrates a fine flair for compact storytelling that encompasses science, fantasy, and myth." —
Library Journal"
A quarter-century of short stories shows an award-winning writer to be master of more than just novels. Economical, swift, varied, employing just the right amount of detail, they are all eminently readable and often accomplish the same thing the novels do in a fraction of the space." —SciFi.com
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Highly intelligent and inexhaustibly imaginative, this versatile collection should be cherished for decades to come. Much more than entertainment,
The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh is literary history unearthed." —
The Barnes & Noble Review
