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A groundbreaking and “wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review) anthology of fantasy, science fiction, and romance from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, edited by the acclaimed George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.From epic fantasy, post-apocalyptic America, to faerie-haunted rural fields in 18th-century England, to an intergalactic empire, join star-crossed lovers as they struggle against the forces of magic and fate.
A star-studded cross-genre anthology
Songs of Love and Death features all-original tales from seventeen of the most prestigious names in romance, fantasy, and science fiction.
Contributors include:
-Neil Gaiman
-Diana Gabaldon
-Jim Butcher
-Robin Hobb
-Marjorie M. Liu
-Jo Beverley
-Mary Jo Putney
-Peter S. Beagle
-Jacqueline Carey
-Carrie Vaughn
-Yasmine Galenorn
-MLN Hanover
-Kristine Kathryn Rusch
-Linnea Sinclair
-Cecelia Holland
-Tanith Lee
-Melinda Snodgrass
-Lisa Tuttle
About the author
George R. R. Martin is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including those of the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—
A Game of Thrones,
A Clash of Kings,
A Storm of Swords,
A Feast for Crows, and
A Dance with Dragons—as well as
Tuf Voyaging,
Fevre Dream,
The Armageddon Rag,
Dying of the Light,
Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and
Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of
The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and
The World of Ice and Fire, with Elio M. García, Jr, and Linda Antonsson. As a writer-producer, he has worked on
The Twilight Zone,
Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Gardner Dozois’s editorial work had received fifteen Hugo Awards and twenty-eight Locus Awards, plus two Nebula Awards for his own writing. He was the editor of the leading science fiction magazine,
Asimov’s Science Fiction, for twenty years, and was the author or editor of over a hundred books.
