Product Description

The first story in this collection of the author's best short fiction, "Millennium Babies," looks at the "losers," the infants who are not the first born in the New Year. Then in the novella "The Gallery of His Dreams," a finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards, the life and talent of Matthew Brady, a daguerreotype photographer who photographs the horrors of future wars and atrocities in order to preserve the past, is detailed. The collection also includes "Skin Deep," "Echea," "Coolhunting," "Going Native," "Harvest," "Strange Creatures," "Monuments of the Dead," "Spirit Guides," and "Burial Detail."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2029310 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 284 pages

From Booklist
In less than 20 years, Rusch has won most of the major sf and fantasy awards, including the Best Editor Hugo during her stint at the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She admits that her editorial labors reduced her fictional output and apologizes, but she needn't, given the quality of these stories. "Skin Deep," her first published story, ended up in two best-of-the-year anthologies. "Echea," "Coolhunting," and "The Gallery of His Dreams" are all award winners. "Millennium Babies" is accomplished social commentary without being any less of a story. Altogether, they display versatility and capability that very few other sf hands could honestly claim to possess. Moreover, Rusch's work is more accessible than that of many others in the field. This gathering is a perfect vehicle for introducing readers to one of the more accomplished younger sf authors. Roland Green
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Review
" She's one of the few writers whose style takes me right into the story-the words and pages disappear as the characters and their story swallows me whole." -- Charles de Lint

About the Author
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the author of over 50 novels, including Utterly Charming, X-Men, Star Wars, and Star Trek. She lives in Lincoln City, Oregon.

Customer Reviews

From the Editor, Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press
As the editor of Kristine Kathryn Rusch's first short fiction collection, STORIES FOR AN ENCHANTED AFTERNOON, I'm a bit too biased to actually rate this book. But I did want all of Kris's readers to know that one of the stories contained in this collection, "Millennium Babies," has recently won the 2001 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. In fact, you might be interested to know that the title for this collection was originally MILLENNIUM BABIES: A SHORT STORY COLLECTION! This was the title Kris chose when she submitted the manuscript to Golden Gryphon Press. However, our distributor was hesitant to accept a book with "Millennium" in the title because so many other such books had already been published and the "Millennium" was now, of course, passé. So we agreed to make a title change. If only we had known . . .

Truly lives up to its title!
Kristine Kathryn Rusch has authored more than fifty novels, won numerous awards, and is an effective, talented, and experienced storyteller. Stories For An Enchanted Afternoon showcases her best short fiction in the field of science fiction and will serve to introduce her to a whole new generation of readers. The stories comprising this outstanding anthology include: Skin Deep; Echea; Coolhunting; Going Native; Millennium Babies; Harvest; Strange Creatures; Monuments to the Dead; Spirit Guides; Burial Detail; and The Gallery of His Dreams. Augmented with a foreword by science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson, Kristine Rusch's Stories For An Enchanted Afternoon truly lives up to its title!

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Whether set in a grim future, or fantastical realm, Rusch has an eye for detail that lends her characters a voice that's nearly poetic in quality, and stories filled with a touch of horror, humor, caution, wonder, and awe. Stories that enchant anytime... Gary S. Potter Author/Poet.