The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh cover
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| Author | C. J. Cherryh |
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| Cover artist | Michael Whelan |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction and Fantasy |
| Published | February 3, 2004 DAW Books |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 656 (Hardback) |
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| OCLC | 54090755 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.H358 C65 2004 |
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, novelettes and novella written by the United States author C. J. Cherryh between 1977 and 2004. It was first published by DAW Books in 2004. This collection includes the contents of two previous Cherryh collections, Sunfall (1981) and Visible Light (1986), all of the stories from Glass and Amber (1987), stories originally published in other collections and magazines, and one story written specifically for this collection ("MasKs"). Cherryh's 1978 Hugo Award winning story, "Cassandra" is also included.
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh was voted the second best collection in the 2005 Locus Awards.
C. J. Cherryh is best known for her science fiction and fantasy novels. Short story writing is an art she never considered until she had several novels published. The compactness and limited characterisation of the short story form did not lend itself well to Cherryh's precise and complex novel construction methodologies.
In spite of this, she has proved herself quite capable of working in this medium and this collection as a whole has been well received by critics. "Cassandra" won her a Hugo Award, was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the Locus Award for best short story, and in 1999 was named as one of Locus magazine's 50 best science fiction short stories of all time. Additionally, "A Thief in Korianth" won the 1982 Balrog Award for best short fiction, "The Scapegoat" was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella and "Gwydion and the Dragon" was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. While novels are still her preferred medium, she does enjoy the chance to write short stories, doing so mostly when requested or between other works when a given idea does not lend itself to a novel.
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