The Wind from a Burning Woman
- The Wind from a Burning Woman
Infobox Book |
name = The Wind from a Burning Woman
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Vincent Di Fate for "The Wind from a Burning Woman"
author = Greg Bear
illustrator = Dennis Neal Smith
cover_artist = Vincent Di Fate
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1983
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xii, 270 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-094-7
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followed_by =
"The Wind from a Burning Woman" is a collection of science fiction stories by author Greg Bear. It was released in 1983 and was the author's first hardcover book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 3,046 copies. Two of the included stories were nominated for a Nebula Award. "Petra" was nominated in 1983, but lost. "Hardfought" was nominated in 1984, and won.
Contents
"The Wind from a Burning Woman" contains the following tales:
# "Preface"
# "The Wind From a Burning Woman"
# "The White Horse Child"
# "Petra"
# "Scattershot"
# "Mandala"
# "Hardfought"
Reprints
Arkham House
*Second printing, 1983 -- 1,503 copies.
Others
*New York: Ace, 1984.
*New York: Popular Library, 1990.
*London: Century, 1992 (revised as "The Venging").
References
*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=132-133 | date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=54-55 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=150 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=128-129 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4
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