Author : Vonda N. McIntyre
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1915983088
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (159 download)
Book Synopsis Little Sisters and Other Stories by : Vonda N. McIntyre
Download or read book Little Sisters and Other Stories written by Vonda N. McIntyre and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected short stories by one of the most acclaimed voices in post-war US American science fiction. This volume presents a selection of short fiction by Vonda Neel McIntyre (1948–2019), one of the most acclaimed writers of post-war US American science fiction, and the winner of multiple awards for both novels and short fiction. These stories, which span the whole of McIntyre’s career, show the broad range of her interests and her voice, taking us from bleak dystopian worlds on the verge of environmental collapse to baroque intergalactic civilizations populated by genetically modified humans, from cries for freedom to sharp-eyed satire to meditations on aging. Throughout run her distinctive themes of gender and power dynamics, human and species diversity, and a pragmatic utopianism that emphasises our mutual dependency. The stories included in the volume are: "Breaking Point," "Thanatos," "Shadows, Moving," "Elfleda," "A Story for Eilonwy," "Malheur Maar," "The Adventure of the Field Theorems," "Little Faces", "Little Sisters," and "XYY" (previously unpublished).