Published in 2015
318 pages
Born in 1928, Kate Wilhelm the author of more than thirty novels including Where Late the Sweet Bird Sang and The Unbidden Truth. Her work has been adapted for TV and film and translated into twenty languages. She has been awarded the Prix Apollo, Kurd Lasswitz, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. In 2003, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Her short fiction appeared in landmark anthologies such as Again Dangerous Visions, Orbit, The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women, and The Norton Book of Science Fiction. A cofounder of the Clarion Writers’ Workhops, she continues to host monthly writing workshops in Eugene, Oregon.
What is this book about?
Kate Wilhelm’s science fiction is impressive in every sense, and the feeling and texture of her writing leave a lasting impression. This collection includes nine stories, and they are all stunning.
Highlights include: “The Infinity Box,” a long and chilling story of a man who becomes obsessed with his sudden shocking ability to penetrate and control the mind of a vulnerable, frightened woman; “The Time Piece,” a witty and frustrating tale of a man whore retirement present—a watch— enables him to relive moments of his past but leaves him helpless to change any of it, or what follows; and “Man of Letters,” about a hack writer with fading skills whose soap-opera plots seem to be coming true. Other stories are “The Fusion Bomb,” “The Red Canary,” “April Fools’ Day Forever,” “Where Have You Been, Billy Boy Billy Boy?,” “The Village,” and “The Funeral.”
