NEBULA AWARDS 21: SFWA's CHOICES FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 1985, edited by George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: $19.95; 288 pp.) Home Edition

In the present anthology, Nancy Kress' rather mainstream prize short story, "Out of All Them Bright Stars," relates the experience of a diner waitress when her establishment is unexpectedly visited by an extraterrestrial "guest" of the federal authorities. George R. R. Marti...

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Published inThe Los Angeles times
Main Author Cramer, John G
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 01.02.1987
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Summary:In the present anthology, Nancy Kress' rather mainstream prize short story, "Out of All Them Bright Stars," relates the experience of a diner waitress when her establishment is unexpectedly visited by an extraterrestrial "guest" of the federal authorities. George R. R. Martin's prize novelette, "Portraits of His Children," a very writerly tale, concerns an author visited, Scrooge-fashion, by characters from his books. Robert Silverberg's prize novella, "Sailing to Byzantium," describes far-future human inhabitants of Earth who have become perpetual tourists in a constantly changing panorama of five cities reconstructed from historical records by robots.
ISSN:0458-3035