Fireflood and other stories

All these stories are available as individual electronic downloads. Two mustread novels two of the most entertaining sf novels from the 1980s the body snatchers and other alien pods jack oconnell the resurrectionist. This is a handsome, limited edition collection of the best work by one of the. The dragon ticket and other stories posted on december 2, 2017 by john walters high in the himalayas a young woman receives an extraordinary gift. New tales of space and time1951, as the quest for saint aquin. Read the dragon ticket and other stories by john walters available from rakuten kobo. Short science fiction story, told in a series of letters. It contains most of her early works, excepting only six pieces.

The stories are available in print and electronic editions in my story collections. Mcintyres internet science fiction database page for original publication details. Mcintyre, whose work has been compared to that of ursula k. The female protagonist of both story and book is a healer in a desolated primitive. Think like a dinosaur and other stories by james patrick kelly. I must own dreamsnake as well, because i remember it. Fireflood definition, a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow. Vonda n mcintyre obituary science fiction books the guardian. Mcintyre and vonda edition 1979 stories book fireflood other hardcover. Mcintyre book club edition hardcover 1979 fireflood and other. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. This is the reason given for the similarities in middle eastern flood stories such as the sumerian story of ziusudra, the gilgamesh epic, and the genesis account of noah. Mood, emotion, and relationships with the self and the others the focus, standard motifs and elements of the genre come second. Fireflood and other stories 1979 spectra 1970 clarion workshop story 2nd place, new american library prize but not published in that years clarion anthology orbit 11 1973 fireflood and other stories 1979 wings the alien condition 1973 fireflood and other stories 1979 of mist, and grass, and sand.

Read n hear vinyl storybook and record lot 3 records 9 stories vintage artwork. Mcintyre 1979, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. From the seas of earth to the deserts of a distant planet, these stories from the author of the hugo and nebula award. She spent her early childhood on the east coast of the united states and in the hague, netherlands, before her family settled in seattle in the. Perhaps some accounts borrow details from other stories. Fireflood and other stories signed author mcintyre, vonda n illustrator shields, charles formatbinding hardcover book condition used very fine jacket condition very fine edition first edition binding hardcover isbn 10 0395284228 isbn 9780395284223 publisher houghton mifflin company place of publication boston date published 1979 keywords. Science fiction hardcover signed books for sale in stock. Though there are several major themes running through the collection, its difficult to pigeonhole fireflood and other stories into a particular subgenre, and at times, even genre. Dont matter if i fall from the sky fireflood and other stories by. Aside from of mist, and grass, and sand the collection also includes aztecs which became part of the novel superluminal. Uncle dale telln stories cue ball productions cassette tape rare. Scary true stories told by the ambient fire campfire.

The magazine of fantasy and science fiction february 1974 best science fiction stories of the year 1975 fireflood and other stories 1979 norton book of sf 1993 screwtop novella the crystal ship 1976 the new women of wonder 1978 fireflood and other. Beneath the streets of calcutta a man discovers a te. Mcintyre shiny cosmic objects and the search for intelligent life in the universe must. Mcintyre, published in hardcover by houghton mifflin in 1979 and reprinted in paperback by timescape books in 1981. Great deals on science fiction hardcover signed books. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primeval waters found in certain creation myths, as the flood waters are described as a. Vonda n mcintyre a collection of the awardwinning authors long, and short stories includes fireflood, on which earth is peopled by three kinds of strange beings, and aztecs, which reveals the human costs of. Uk editions were issued by gollancz in 1980 and by pan books in 1982. Mcintyres 1979 collection fireflood and other storiesthe authors firstbecause it included a novella featuring.

For entire books of stories, check out my collections. High in the himalayas a young woman receives an extraordinary gift. It is one of the reliable comfort reads to which i return every decade or so. Fireflood definition of fireflood by the free dictionary.

Fireflood and other stories is a collection of mcintyres short fiction that was published in hardcover in 1979. Lularoe leggings new love stories 2020 valentines tc stripes n hearts. Vonda n mcintyre wrote screenplays as a teenager, then moved on to short stories, some of which were later expanded into novels. Flood stories a flood myth or deluge myth is a symbolic narrative in which a great flood is sent by a deity, or deities, to destroy civilization in an act of divine retribution. I know i own that i was on vacation in the mid 80s and had run out of books to read, and it was in a tiny country second hand bookshop. You can find them in kindle format which also works. Spicy adventure stories march 1940 na gvg pulp magazine. Spine has moderate lean and minimal reading creases. The rest of the story is mostly exposition and backstory on several characters, most of whom are not very important to the story.

Mcintyres 1979 collection fireflood and other stories the authors firstbecause it included a novella featuring magical spaceship pilots, one of my. Painsharing and other stories ebook by john walters. Vonda neel mcintyre august 28, 1948 april 1, 2019 was an american science fiction author. This book, slow river by nicola griffith, ive had on my shelf for years but never got around to reading. Zoning in on mcintyres penchant for intense, dark stories with human pain and transcendence at their core, it is a shame the collection is out of print. In fireflood and other stories mcintyre explores a world of futuristic technologies built out of flesh and psycheinstead. Right now im reading a 1979 science fiction book, vonda n. May 03, 2014 drawing together short stories, novelettes, and novellas published between 1971 and 1979, fireflood and other stories nevertheless is a quality selection.

From the seas of earth to the deserts of a distant planet, these stories from the author of the hugo and nebula awardwinning dreamsnake bring. She spent her early childhood on the east coast of the united states and in the hague, netherlands, before her family settled in seattle in the early 1960s. After fireflood and other stories coll 1979, which assembled her best short. Drawing together short stories, novelettes, and novellas published between 1971 and 1979, fireflood and other stories nevertheless is a quality selection. The callers wife was in the background screaming, you fked him off now, look hes gone and burned the place down. Read painsharing and other stories by john walters available from rakuten kobo. Actually there are not only 15 flood myths but there are hundreds.

Nov 06, 2016 1979s fireflood and other stories was vonda n. Vonda neel mcintyre born louisville, kentucky, on august 28, 1948 is a u. Mcintyres first and as far as i know only collection 1. Mcintyres 1979 collection fireflood and other storiesthe authors firstbecause it included a novella featuring magical spaceship pilots. Sourced short fiction fireflood and other stories 1979 page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published by pocket books a timescape book isbn 0671836315 see vonda n. Please note that they are short stories and not fulllength books. Mcintyre, published in hardcover by houghton mifflin in 1979 and reprinted in. Vonda n mcintyre was one of several women science fiction writers who came to prominence during the 1970s, but by the end of the 1980s seemed to have drifted from the public eye. Perhaps floods are a common disaster and people tell stories about them. Of mist, grass, and sand is captivating and sublime, and the titular story, fireflood, is hauntingly tragic. Mcintyre was born in louisville, kentucky, the daughter of h.

Fireflood and other stories is the first collection of short work by vonda n. She is one of the first successful graduates of the clarion science fiction writers workshop. Fireflood and other stories 1979 the mountains of sunset, the mountains of dawn. Essays and criticism on vonda n eel mcintyre carolyn f. Fireflood and other stories signed by vonda n mcintyre. Vonda neel mcintyre died on april 1, 2019 at the age of 70. A dying detectives final assignment, to solve the mystery of a series of kidnappings of infants from maternity wards of hospitals, becomes complicated when he discovers that aliens are abducting the babies to use as vehicles for their noncorporeal colonists. The dragon ticket and other stories ebook by john walters. Mcintyre 1979, hardcover at the best online prices at. Not that i didnt want to its a nebula award winner and all but it always seemed that other things grabbed my attention. There are so many ancient flood stories from around the world similar to the story of noah. Mcintyre, including the improbable adventures of sherlock holmes, and dreamsnake, and more on. When rolled we had a full rescue van full plus 3 men in each other truck and 10. She was an award winning american science fiction author.

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Listen to over 4 hours of creepy as hell true stories while watching and listening to a real campfire. Fireflood definition is the process of injecting compressed air into a petroleum reservoir and burning some of the oil so as to drive the rest of the oil into producing wells. Dreamsnake was the story of a young healer, snake, who uses. After nuclear war, a survivor of the monsterpopulated ruins of oakland california joins the crew of a clipper ship sail. Fireflood and other stories, houghton mifflin 1979 an excerpt from dreamsnake, ex houghton mifflin 1978 nebula winners 14, ed. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Most of mcintyres work is outofprint, but i have a copy of fireflood. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.