For the Sci-Fi fan who has (almost) everything and money to burn:
The Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards are the traditional yardsticks for fantasy and science fiction writing and have been for decades. Winners are guaranteed a place in literary history and first editions of these acclaimed novels have become highly collectible.
If money was no object and you wanted to create the ultimate modern science fiction and fantasy rare book collection in a single swoop, then The Fine Books Company in Rochester, Michigan, is offering first editions of all the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels for a cool $116,530.
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A very WTF excerpt from a sci-fi fantasy novel entitled “Silk and Steel.”
shouldn't it be: "Her pubes
were
a field of wheat after the harvest."?
and might I add, ouch!
The same page linked above in turn links to fan art drawing the creature the book describes:
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Somebody needs to confiscate his thesaurus. Also his computer or any writing implement in reach.
I never read
the Blue Sword
until today, I am sorry to say. Now If only it could erase some fo the bad fantasy I've read...
Beth, try The Door in the Hedge (my favorite--short stories) and The Hero and the Crown. And of course, her classic, Beauty. Those are my favorites of hers.
Looking forward to them -- I had read somethings by her, but nothing quite as powerful.
I love The Blue Sword, much more than The Hero and the Crown. I admire the latter, but Blue Sword has my heart.
I also love The Outlaws of Sherwood and her retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, Spindle's End.
Oh, I'd forgotten Outlaws--yes, that one's lovely. Spindle's End is a sentimental favorite of mine, too.
Check your profile addy, Dana.
