Had Northwest Smith been able to foresee the future, he would not have shielded the frightened, scarlet-clad girl from the wild mob pursuing her through the narrow streets of Lakkdarol on Mars. "Shambleau! Shambleau!" the crowd cried with loathing and disgust, but Smith drove them off with his blaster and took the exhausted girl to his quarters. There was no hair upon her face - neither brows nor lashes. And what horror lay hidden beneath the crimson turban bound tightly around her head?
One of the strangest, ans surely one of the most imaginative stories ever written, Shambleau was acclaimed by readers, authors and editors as the debut of a truly gifted talent in the field of science fiction. C. L. Moore was to live up to expectations when she followed Shambleau with other stirring and beautiful tales.
Here in one volume are the ten most moving stories of the legendary writer who combined mood, feeling, and color to fashion science fiction stories of wonder, beauty, and high drama. "Somehow," writes Lester del Rey in his introduction, "in spite of advances and changes in our writing, the stories of C. L. Moore remain as fresh and powerful now as they were back when the field was groping through its beginnings."
These ten fantastic tales (...) offer an excellent showcase volume that will send the mind to new heights of imagination.
Contents:
Forty Years of C. L. Moore (1975) by Lester del Rey
1. Shambleau (1933) [Northwest Smith #1]
2. Black Thirst (1934) [Northwest Smith #2]
3. The Bright Illusion (1934)
4. Black God's Kiss (1934) [Jirel of Joiry #1]
5. Tryst in Time (1936)
6. Greater Than Gods (1939)
7. Fruit of Knowledge (1940)
8. No Woman Born (1944)
9. Daemon (1946)
10. Vintage Season (1946, z/Henry Kuttner)
Afterword: Footnote to "Shambleau"... and Others (1975) by C. L. Moore
- Autor: C. L. Moore
- Kategoria: fantastyka, fantasy, science fiction
- Język: angielski
- ISBN: 0800807227
- Data wydania: 1977-01-01
- Liczba stron: 309
- Ocena: 10,0
- Wydawnictwo: Taplinger Publishing Company
