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Informationen zum Autor Kij Johnson: Kij Johnson's stories have won the Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and Nebula awards. She has taught writing and has worked at Tor, Dark Horse, Microsoft, and Real Networks. She has run bookstores, worked as a radio announcer and engineer, edited cryptic crosswords, and waitressed in a strip bar. Klappentext A break out first collection from one of the hottest writers in science fiction. Vorwort Excerpts on/in Tor.com, Clarkesworld, World Literature Today, smallbeerpress.com, Asimov's, and more. Ads in/on science fiction magazines and blogs: F&SF, Goodreads, Facebook, Google, LCRW, Tor.com, Bookslut, etc. Podcasts of stories running up to publication. Interviews and reviews in Locus, F&SF, Strange Horizons, and many more. Goodreads, LibraryThing giveaways. Galley mailing to indie bookstores—we will upload the book asap. Promotion on author's sites: http://www.kijjohnson.com, http://kijjohnson.livejournal.com, http://www.facebook.com/kijjohnson, Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements at Worldcon in Chicago (Aug. 2012) and other conferences and conventions. Zusammenfassung A sparkling debut collection from one of the hottest writers in science fiction: her stories have received the Nebula Award the last two years running. These stories feature cats! bees! wolves! dogs! and even that most capricious of animals! humans! and have been reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror ! Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year ! and The Secret History of Fantasy . At the Mouth of the River of Bees 26 Monkeys! Also the Abyss The Horse Raiders Spar Fox Magic Names for Water Schrodinger’s Cathouse My Wife Reincarnated as a Solitaire Chenting! in the Land of the Dead The Bitey Cat The Empress Jingu Fishes Wolf Trapping The Man Who Bridged the Mist Ponies The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change Kij Johnson 's stories have won the Sturgeon and World Fantasy awards. She has taught writing; worked at Tor! Dark Horse! and Microsoft; worked as a radio announcer; run bookstores; and waitressed in a strip bar. Inhaltsverzeichnis "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" "The Horse Raiders" "Spar" "Fox Magic" "Names for Water" "Schrodinger’s Cathouse" "Wife reincarnated as a solitaire—Exposition on the flaws in my spouse's character—The nature of the bird—The possible causes—Her final disposition" "Chenting, In the Land of the Dead" "The Bitey Cat" "The Empress Jingu Fishes" "Story Kit" "Wolf Trapping" "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" "Ponies" "The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles" "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change" ...
