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Brighten to Incandescence: 17 Stories
| Author: | Michael Bishop |
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Golden Gryphon Press, 2003 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Seventeen of writer Michael Bishop's favourite stories were handpicked from his previously uncollected works to create this compelling collection, providing an excellent overview of a career that includes award-winning science fiction, horror, fantasy, satire, space opera, and mystery.
In A Tapestry of Little Murders, a murderer attempts to escape along a literal road to self-destruction.
A medical missionary, tortured by government thugs, reveals her dying wish in With a Little Help from Her Friends.
In The Procedure, an operation to remove a tumourous growth will hopefully excise from the patient's mind and body all tendencies toward faith and superstition.
From futuristic mystery and Vietnam-era dark fantasy to theological speculation on Christ's death, a variety of lyrical voices speak through these haunting stories.
An essay by the author divulges the genesis of each story.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Lucius Shepard
- Thirteen Lies About Hummingbirds - (1991) - short story
- The Unexpected Visit of a Reanimated Englishwoman - (1996) - essay
- Chihuahua Flats - (1995) - short story
- With a Little Help from Her Friends - (1984) - novelette
- "We're All in This Alone" - (2002) - short story with Paul Di Filippo
- Sequel on Skorpiós - (1998) - short story
- Murder on Lupozny Station - (1981) - novelette with Gerald W. Page
- A Tapestry of Little Murders - (1971) - short story
- O Happy Day - (1981) - short story
- Herding with the Hadrosaurs - (1992) - short story
- The Tigers of Hysteria Feed Only on Themselves - (1974) - short story
- Tithes of Mint and Rue - (1999) - novelette
- Of Crystalline Labyrinths and the New Creation - (1980) - novelette
- Simply Indispensable - (1995) - novelette
- Last Night Out - short story
- The Procedure - (1996) - short story
- Help Me, Rondo - (2002) - short story
- A Lingering Incandescence: Notes About the Stories - (2003) - essay
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