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The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories (aka Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis)
The Best of Connie Willis AwardWinning Stories - aka Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis Author:Connie Willis, Anne Lesley Groell (Editor) Few authors have had careers as successful as that of Connie Willis. Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and recently awarded the title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Willis is still going strong. Her smart, heartfelt fiction runs the gamut from screwball comedy to profound tragedy, combining da... more »zzling plot twists, cutting-edge science, and unforgettable characters.
From a near future mourning the extinction of dogs to an alternate history in which invading aliens were defeated by none other than Emily Dickinson; from a madcap convention of bumbling quantum physicists in Hollywood to a London whose Underground has become a storehouse of intangible memories both foul and fair here are the greatest stories of one of the greatest writers working in any genre today. All ten of the stories gathered here are Hugo or Nebula award winners some even have the distinction of winning both. With a new Introduction by the author and personal afterwords to each story plus a special look at three of Willis's unique public speeches this is unquestionably the collection of the season, a book that every Connie Willis fan will treasure, and, to those unfamiliar with her work, the perfect introduction to one of the most accomplished and best-loved writers of our time.
Contents:
Introduction (The Best of Connie Willis) (2013) • essay by Connie Willis
A Letter from the Clearys (1982) / short story by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
At the Rialto (1989) / novelette by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
Death on the Nile (1993) / novelette by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective [War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches] (1996) / short story by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
Fire Watch [Time Travel] (1982) / novelette by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
Inside Job (2005) / novella by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
Even the Queen (1992) / short story by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
The Winds of Marble Arch (1999) / novella by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
All Seated on the Ground (2007) / novella by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
The Last of the Winnebagos (1988) / novella by Connie Willis; Afterword • essay by Connie Willis
Editor's Note (Time Is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis) (2013) • essay by Anne Lesley Groell
2006 Worldcon Guest of Honor Speech (2006) • essay by Connie Willis
Grand Master Backup Speech (never delivered) (2013) • essay by Connie Willis
Grand Master Acceptance Speech (2012) • essay by Connie Willis
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