{"product_id":"of-wars-and-memories-and-starlight-paperback","title":"Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAliette de Bodard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning and vibrant collection from a rising star of the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of fourteen tales showcase the range and talent that garnered Aliette de Bodard multiple awards, from Nebulas to the Locus Award. From a dark Gothic Paris devastated by a magical war, where Fallen angels, dragons and magicians intrigue in the drawing rooms of ruined mansions; to the Vietnamese-tinged space opera universe of Xuya, where sentient spaceships become the heart and living memory of families and scholar-officials travel from planets to space stations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Nebula award and Locus award winning \"Immersion\", two women on a colonised space station grapple with loss of identity and culture. In the Hugo finalist \"Children of Thorns, Children of Water\", a shapeshifting dragon on an infiltration mission to a ruined mansion must rescue his partner from creepy, child-like creatures. And in \"A Salvaging of Ghosts,\" a diver-scavenger cast off into deep spaces faces a dying midship and the ghost of her daughter. Unique to this collection is a new novella, \"Of Birthdays, and Fungus, and Kindness\", set in Bodard's alternative dark Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOf Wars, and Memories, and Starlight\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This stunning collection showcases de Bodard's lush worldbuilding, meticulous research, and emotional prose.\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\"De Bodard (\u003ci\u003eThe House of Shattered Wings\u003c\/i\u003e, 2015) proves, again and again, that space opera can be intensely personal against its galactic backdrop.... The collection covers the consequences of war, survival in colonial culture, motherhood, mindships and space-travel, and aspects of grief.\" -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52566228009267,"sku":"9781625674951","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aAbTRibLDQ9781625674951.webp?v=1761306789","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/of-wars-and-memories-and-starlight-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}