Echoes of the Goddess
 Cover of first edition | |
| Author | Darrell Schweitzer |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Stephen Fabian |
| Cover artist | Stephen Fabian |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Wildside Press |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4794-0023-2 |
| OCLC | 830524360 |
| Followed by | The Shattered Goddess |
Echoes of the Goddess: Tales of Terror and Wonder From the End of Time is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Darrell Schweitzer, a prequel to his novel The Shattered Goddess (1983). The book is illustrated with a cover and frontispiece by Stephen Fabian. It was first published as a trade paperback by Wildside Press in February 2013.[1]
Summary
[edit]The collection consists of a cycle of eleven stories originally published from 1982-1991 in various fantasy and science fiction magazines, together with a prologue original to the collection. Some of the stories were revised for book publication. The stories follow the fortunes of various characters living on a magic-ridden far future Earth in the age of chaotic miracles between the death of the world's latest divinity, the Goddess, and the birth of a new one. Among the protagonists are a wizard's shadow striving to become human, two fratricidal brother sorcerers engaged in a feud lasting centuries, a musician who becomes lord of death, a visionary boy priest, and a witch in love with a god.
Contents
[edit]- "Prologue"
- "The Stones Would Weep" (from Fantasy Tales v. 6, no. 12, Win. 1983)
- "The Story of a Dadar" (from Amazing Science Fiction Stories v. 56, no. 1, Jun. 1982)
- "The Diminishing Man" (from Fantasy Book, v. 3, no. 3-4, Sep.-Dec. 1984)
- "A Lantern Maker of Ai Hanlo" (from Amazing Stories v. 58, no. 2, Jul. 1984)
- "Holy Fire" (from Weirdbook 17, 1983)
- "The Stolen Heart" (from Weirdbook 26, Aut. 1991)
- "Immortal Bells" (from Weirdbook 18, 1983)
- "Between Night and Morning" (from Weirdbook 20, Spr. 1985)
- "The Shaper of Animals" (from Amazing Stories v. 62, no. 2, Jul. 1987)
- "Three Brothers" (from Weirdbook 23/24, 1988)
- "Coming of Age in the City of the Goddess" (from Fantasy Book v. 4, no. 2, Jun. 1985)
Reception
[edit]The collection was reviewed by John R. Fultz at blackgate.com, Feb. 20, 2013,[2] and Richard A. Lupoff in Locus no. 629, June 2013.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Echoes of the Goddess title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Fultz, John R. "Echoes of the Goddess: Schweitzer's Newest Classic," Feb. 20, 2013.
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