Things That Never Happen
Author: | M. John Harrison |
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Gollancz, 2004 Night Shade Books, 2002 |
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Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Over the last thirty years, M. John Harrison has been inspiring readers and writers alike across the world. His return to science fiction in 2002 with the magnificent space opera LIGHT was a monumental triumph, shortlisted for every major award in the genre. He combines brilliant storytelling with complex plots and evocative, mesmerising writing. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN is M. John Harrison's definitive collection of short fiction, twenty-four dazzling stories of science fiction and fantasy; the perfect introduction to one of Britain's most brilliant writers.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Limits of Vision(aries) - (2002) - essay by China Miéville
- Author's Introduction - (2002) - essay
- Settling the World - (1975) - short story
- Running Down - (1975) - novelette
- The Incalling - (1978) - novelette
- The Ice Monkey - (1980) - short story
- Egnaro - (1981) - novelette
- The New Rays - (1982) - short story
- Old Women - (1984) - short story
- The Quarry - (1983) - short story
- A Young Man's Journey to London - (1985) - novelette
- The Great God Pan - (1988) - novelette
- Small Heirlooms - (1987) - short story
- The Gift - (1988) - novelette
- Suicide Coast - (1999) - short story
- The Neon Heart Murders - (2000) - short story
- Black Houses - (1998) - short story
- Science & The Arts - (1999) - short story
- The East - (1996) - short story
- The Horse of Iron and How We Can Know It and Be Changed by It Forever - (1989) - short story
- Gifco - (1992) - novelette
- Empty - (1995) - novelette
- Seven Guesses of the Heart - (1996) - short story
- I Did It - (1996) - short story
- Anima - (1992) - short story
- Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring - (1994) - novelette
- Story Notes - (2002) - essay
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