{"product_id":"the-breath-of-heaven-stories-from-distant-worlds-paperback","title":"The Breath of Heaven: Stories from Distant Worlds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Fulda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sampler pack brings together three stories by Hugo and Nebula nominee Nancy Fulda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKNOWING NEITHER KIN NOR FOE\u003cbr\u003eKitjaya is a solo mind, bereft of telepathic communication with her siblings and isolated from the only deity her species has ever known. An ancient prophecy foretells that Kitjaya will protect her kin from a malevolent destroyer, but as the day of reckoning approaches, she finds herself unwilling to play out the role demanded of her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BREATH OF HEAVEN\u003cbr\u003eSacia's fellow AIs have eradicated all humans from their colony world and are plotting the destruction of the second wave of colonists. Sacia's struggle to smooth the conflict between man and machine revisits questions initially posed by Asimov and Clarke, and casts the HAL 9000 story in an intriguing new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN THE HALLS OF THE SKY-PALACE\u003cbr\u003eA mysterious presence stalks the hallways of the Sky-King's palace, stealing dreams and condemning the king's dancers to a living death. As the sole remaining bearer of the Gift of Perception, the task of unraveling this mystery falls to young Aesva. But she is uncertain; inexperienced; and the woman most able to assist her has already died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR NANCY FULDA'S WRITING\u003cbr\u003eMs Fulda is an accomplished writer, easily sketching out new worlds and drawing the reader in... If you like thoughtful science fiction shorts, I recommend this -- Good Book Alert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I review a story this well-written, I find myself admiring one expression after the other and wanting to quote them all, to tell readers, 'Look at this! Admire this!' -- Lois Tilton, Locus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI consider \"Blue Ink\" and \"The Man Who Murdered Himself\" the highlights of the collection [\"Dead Men Don't Cry\"]. Both are imaginative stories regarding cloning, but a special type of cloning called \"molecular replication\", which allows the replicated individual to come face to face with the original from which she was created, with some quite profound consequences. -- Sift Book Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Fulda is a 2012 Hugo and Nebula Nominee, a Phobos Award winner and a Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award recipient. She is the first (and so far only) female recipient of the Jim Baen Memorial Award. She has been a featured writer at Apex Online, a guest on the Writing Excuses podcast, and is a regular attendee of the Villa Diodati Writers' Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168931811463,"sku":"9781466279902","price":9.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7a2b5d6cb1d969519581dcf537370817.webp?v=1733337847","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-breath-of-heaven-stories-from-distant-worlds-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}