| The Chains That You Refuse Contributor(s): Bear, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1597800481 ISBN-13: 9781597800488 Publisher: Night Shade Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2006 Annotation: A new collection by one of the most popular and prolific authors of the last few years covers a wide range of material, from time travel to cyberpunk to contemporary fantasy. Twenty stories and two poems, originally published in high profile places like SciFi.com and Asimov's. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Fantasy - Paranormal |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.1" W x 8.92" (0.62 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "What Bear has done...is create a world that is all too plausible, one wracked by environmental devastation and political chaos...she conducts a tour of this society's darker corners, offering an unnerving peek into a future humankind would be wise to avoid." --Science Fiction Weekly From Elizabeth Bear, 2005 John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award winner and author of the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Jenny Casey Trilogy: Hammered, Scardown, and Worldwired, comes The Chains That You Refuse, a collection of dazzling short fiction featuring twenty-one genre-bending stories and one poem, including the exhilarating and previously uncollected Jenny Casey origin story "Gone to Flowers." These scintillating and surprising tales, many never before collected or published, are drawn from inspirations as varied as Norse legends, Lovecraftian horrors, and the American murder ballad "Stagger Lee," and showcase Elizabeth Bear's remarkable and imaginative storytelling talents. Whether set in a distant mythic kingdom, in modern-day Las Vegas, or in the far-future sunken city of New Orleans, Bear's enthusiastic narratives blur the lines between traditional speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, and fable with unflinching grace and wide-eyed wonder. Whether you are already a fan of Elizabeth Bear or not, The Chains That You Refuse demonstrates, beyond a doubt, why David Brin called Elizabeth Bear "a talent to watch." |