Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From 1966 to 1980, Damon Knight created the Orbit anthologies series of science fiction, representing the finest writing in the genre. Nineteen of Kate Wilhelm?s stories were included in this series of 21 volumes. Among these are ?Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang,? an exploration of infertility and cloning in the aftermath of global environmental collapse. It won the Locus, Jupiter, and Hugo Awards for Best Novel in 1977. ?The Planners? reaches into the moral conflicts of a primate researcher, which won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1968. Other stories include: a road trip into a woman?s psyche; primal fears through the eyes of a wise and empathetic alien; an encounter in a bus depot during a raging winter storm; the first ?interactive? reality TV show. Ms. Wilhelm?s stories are prophetic, yet as recognizable as a story in this morning?s paper.
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit - Volume One
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From 1966 to 1980, Damon Knight created the Orbit anthologies series of science fiction, representing the finest writing in the genre. Nineteen of Kate Wilhelm?s stories were included in this series of 21 volumes. Among these are ?Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang,? an exploration of infertility and cloning in the aftermath of global environmental collapse. It won the Locus, Jupiter, and Hugo Awards for Best Novel in 1977. ?The Planners? reaches into the moral conflicts of a primate researcher, which won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1968. Other stories include: a road trip into a woman?s psyche; primal fears through the eyes of a wise and empathetic alien; an encounter in a bus depot during a raging winter storm; the first ?interactive? reality TV show. Ms. Wilhelm?s stories are prophetic, yet as recognizable as a story in this morning?s paper.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From 1966 to 1980, Damon Knight created the Orbit anthologies series of science fiction, representing the finest writing in the genre. Nineteen of Kate Wilhelm?s stories were included in this series of 21 volumes. Among these are ?Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang,? an exploration of infertility and cloning in the aftermath of global environmental collapse. It won the Locus, Jupiter, and Hugo Awards for Best Novel in 1977. ?The Planners? reaches into the moral conflicts of a primate researcher, which won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1968. Other stories include: a road trip into a woman?s psyche; primal fears through the eyes of a wise and empathetic alien; an encounter in a bus depot during a raging winter storm; the first ?interactive? reality TV show. Ms. Wilhelm?s stories are prophetic, yet as recognizable as a story in this morning?s paper.
Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 146683210X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The Infinity Box and The Clewiston Test. Now one of her most famous novels returns to print, the spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself, through a perilous experiment in cloning. Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, Where Later the Sweet Birds Sang is widely regarded as a high point of both humanistic and "hard" SF, and won SF's Hugo Award and Locus Award on its first publication. It is as compelling today as it was then. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is the winner of the 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novel. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 146683210X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The Infinity Box and The Clewiston Test. Now one of her most famous novels returns to print, the spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself, through a perilous experiment in cloning. Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, Where Later the Sweet Birds Sang is widely regarded as a high point of both humanistic and "hard" SF, and won SF's Hugo Award and Locus Award on its first publication. It is as compelling today as it was then. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is the winner of the 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novel. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Death of an Artist
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312658613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In Silver Bay, Oregon, Marnie and Van enlist the help of Tony, a former New York City police officer, when Dale Oliver claims he has the right to sell Stef's, Marnie's daughter and Van's mother, art after her death.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312658613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In Silver Bay, Oregon, Marnie and Van enlist the help of Tony, a former New York City police officer, when Dale Oliver claims he has the right to sell Stef's, Marnie's daughter and Van's mother, art after her death.
Skeletons
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: Mira
ISBN: 9781551667492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
While house-sitting her grandfather's Oregon home, Lee Donne is tormented by strange noises. Something is hidden in the house. Lee soon realizes the house holds dark secrets that go beyond her own family.
Publisher: Mira
ISBN: 9781551667492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
While house-sitting her grandfather's Oregon home, Lee Donne is tormented by strange noises. Something is hidden in the house. Lee soon realizes the house holds dark secrets that go beyond her own family.
Welcome, Chaos
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575120061
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The more man learns, the more dangerous he becomes. The greater the civilization, the greater the chaos it eventually unleashes... If you discovered the secret of immortality, to whom would you give it? To the scientists, the politicians, the military? To the Americans? The Russians? The Chinese? If you weren't after power or money or fame but really wanted to increase human happiness, what would you do with your secret? Go underground? Run away? Pray that you might outlive civilization and be given the chance to start it all over again? And if the authorities found you, what would they do? Here is a chilling, provocative and unforgettable novel about the present and the future of mankind.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575120061
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The more man learns, the more dangerous he becomes. The greater the civilization, the greater the chaos it eventually unleashes... If you discovered the secret of immortality, to whom would you give it? To the scientists, the politicians, the military? To the Americans? The Russians? The Chinese? If you weren't after power or money or fame but really wanted to increase human happiness, what would you do with your secret? Go underground? Run away? Pray that you might outlive civilization and be given the chance to start it all over again? And if the authorities found you, what would they do? Here is a chilling, provocative and unforgettable novel about the present and the future of mankind.
Storyteller
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 193152016X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"For 27 years, Kate Wilhelm and her husband, Damon Knight, taught at the Clarion Writers' Workshop, an intensive and ambitious six-week writing program for novice writers, known to participants as "boot camp for writers."" "Part memoir and part writing manual, Storyteller is Wilhelm's account of the history of the program and her years there with Damon as mentors and instructors."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 193152016X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"For 27 years, Kate Wilhelm and her husband, Damon Knight, taught at the Clarion Writers' Workshop, an intensive and ambitious six-week writing program for novice writers, known to participants as "boot camp for writers."" "Part memoir and part writing manual, Storyteller is Wilhelm's account of the history of the program and her years there with Damon as mentors and instructors."--BOOK JACKET.
Death Qualified
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449221556
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Combines suspense of murder mystery with the inventive terrors of science fiction.
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449221556
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Combines suspense of murder mystery with the inventive terrors of science fiction.
The Good Children
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312179144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
After the McNairs settle for good into their new, large home in Oregon, tragedy strikes, and the family, especially the four children, learns just how far it will go into a world of lies, murder, and insanity to stay together.
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312179144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
After the McNairs settle for good into their new, large home in Oregon, tragedy strikes, and the family, especially the four children, learns just how far it will go into a world of lies, murder, and insanity to stay together.
Seven Kinds of Death
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this spirited story of an artist's colony in Maryland, we encounter a murder like a work of art: both subtle and dominating, graceful and discreet. From each new angle it shows a different face. Was it, then, the sculptress who strangled the editor? One of her students? Or did some other artist fashion this masterpiece of murder?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this spirited story of an artist's colony in Maryland, we encounter a murder like a work of art: both subtle and dominating, graceful and discreet. From each new angle it shows a different face. Was it, then, the sculptress who strangled the editor? One of her students? Or did some other artist fashion this masterpiece of murder?
Mirror, Mirror
Author: Kate Wilhelm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050499
Category : Family secrets
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Chaos has descended on the Valducci family. Gina Valducci's grandmother, mentor, and founder of the family's thriving nursery business, has died. Her death sets off a string of seemingly unrelated events, including two horrific murders. So many puzzle pieces for attorney Barbara Holloway to fit together. And time is running out.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622050499
Category : Family secrets
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Chaos has descended on the Valducci family. Gina Valducci's grandmother, mentor, and founder of the family's thriving nursery business, has died. Her death sets off a string of seemingly unrelated events, including two horrific murders. So many puzzle pieces for attorney Barbara Holloway to fit together. And time is running out.