The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories
- The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories
infobox Book |
name = The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories
image_caption = Dust jacket from first edition
author = Roger Zelazny
cover_artist = Peggy Barnett
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction short stories
publisher = Doubleday
release_date = 1971
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 229 pp
isbn = ISBN 0385082169
preceded_by =
followed_by =
"The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth" is a collection of science fiction short stories by Roger Zelazny. It was published in 1971 by Doubleday. ISBN 0385082169.
Contents
Stories in the original edition:
* "The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth"
* "The Keys to December"
* "Devil Car"
* "A Rose for Ecclesiastes"
* "The Monster and the Maiden"
* "Collector's Fever"
* "This Mortal Mountain"
* "This Moment of the Storm"
* "The Great Slow Kings"
* "A Museum Piece"
* "Divine Madness"
* "Corrida"
* "Love Is An Imaginary Number"
* "The Man Who Loved the Faioli"
* "Lucifer"
Stories added in later editions:
*"The Furies"
*"The Graveyard Heart"
Notable stories
In 1965, the title story, about extreme sportsmen who fish for "sea monsters" in the oceans of Venus, won the first Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
"This Mortal Mountain" is also about future extreme sports, concerning mountain climbing on an asymmetric planet with a mountain tens of kilometers high, extending far beyond any breathable atmosphere.
References
*cite book | last=Levack | first=Daniel J. H. | title=Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=32-33 | date=1983 | isbn=0-934438-39-0
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