The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter
Lucius Shepard Less than four years since the appearance of his first novel, Green Eyes, Lucius Shepard has become of the best known and most widely admired writers of science fiction, horror and fantasy working today. Dozens of brilliant short stories, novellas and novelettes have given his name headline status at every genre periodical, and his second novel, Life During Wartime, has further established his credentials as a visionary author of contemporary mainstream literature. His 1987 collection of short fiction, The Jaguar Hunter, was universally regarded as one of the most important anthologies of 1987, containing selections that more than fulfill the promise implicit in his having wo the World Science Fiction John W. Campbell Award as 1984's Best New Writer.
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter is a return for Shepard to a scenario he first explored in his 1984 story, "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule," which was nominated for the World Science Fiction, World Fantasy, and Nebula Awards. Acclaimed writer and respected critic Michael Bishop has described that story as, "a tale that -- in the indirect way of a parable, implies a great deal about both love and creativity. Seldom, though, do you find a parable so vivid or so involvingly sustained."
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FantasyFictionSpeculative FictionNovella
153 Pages