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Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999)

Author of Travel Light

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Works by Naomi Mitchison

Travel Light (1952) 482 copies
Memoirs of a Spacewoman (1962) 310 copies
Blood of the Martyrs (1939) 97 copies
Solution Three (1900) 90 copies
To the chapel perilous (1976) 52 copies
The Bull Calves (1947) 46 copies
The Conquered (1923) 38 copies
The Fourth Pig (1936) 26 copies
Early in Orcadia (1987) 24 copies
When the Bough Breaks (1924) 19 copies
Cloud Cuckoo Land (1925) 18 copies
Black Sparta (1931) 17 copies
Small Talk/All Change Here (1988) 15 copies
Images of Africa (1980) 14 copies
The Young Alfred the Great (1962) 14 copies
The Big House (Kelpies) (1950) 14 copies
The land the ravens found (1955) 13 copies
Lobsters on the Agenda (1998) 10 copies
The Africans (1970) 10 copies
Not by Bread Alone (1983) 8 copies
The Oath-takers (1991) 8 copies
Il viaggio di Halla (2020) 8 copies
Barbarian stories (1929) 7 copies
African Heroes (1968) 7 copies
Return to the Fairy Hill (1966) 6 copies
Sea-green Ribbons (1991) 6 copies
All Change Here (1975) 4 copies
Cleopatra's People (1972) 3 copies
What the human race is up to (1962) — Editor — 3 copies
Socrates (1937) 3 copies
Friends and enemies (1966) 2 copies
The Hostages (1931) 2 copies
Snake! (Lions S) (1976) 2 copies
The powers of light (1932) 2 copies
The Swan's Road 2 copies
A Danish teapot (1973) 2 copies
The Finger 2 copies
The Factory 2 copies
Behold Your King. (2009) 2 copies
Five Men and a Swan (2021) 2 copies
Graeme and the Dragon (1970) 1 copy
Ketse and the chief (1965) 1 copy
Judy and Lakshmi (1974) 1 copy
Oil for the highlands? (1974) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 550 copies
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993) — Contributor — 365 copies
Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood (1990) — Contributor — 168 copies
Nova 2 (1972) — Contributor — 145 copies
Nova 1 (1970) — Contributor — 137 copies
Nova 3 (1973) — Contributor — 116 copies
The Year 2000 (1970) — Contributor — 112 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 (1973) — Contributor — 110 copies
Edges (1980) — Contributor — 102 copies
Sorcerers! (1986) — Contributor — 98 copies
Elsewhere, Vol. III (1984) — Contributor — 91 copies
Nova 4 (1974) — Contributor — 72 copies
The New Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories (1983) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories (1986) — Contributor — 67 copies
Best SF: 1970 (1971) — Contributor — 62 copies
Under African Skies (1993) — Contributor — 52 copies
Andromeda No. 1 (1976) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Oxford Book of Historical Stories (1994) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Second Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories (1997) — Contributor — 27 copies
Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 27 copies
An Anthology of Scottish Fantasy Literature (1996) — Contributor — 14 copies
Modern Women Poets (2005) — Contributor — 13 copies
Starfield (1989) — Contributor — 11 copies
Babysæsonen : en antologi (1974) — Author, some editions — 6 copies
Worlds of Fantasy, Vol. 1 No. 3, Winter 1970 (1971) — Contributor — 4 copies
Thrilling Stories from the Past for Boys (1970) — Contributor — 2 copies
Friends and kindred;: Memoirs (1961) — Editor — 2 copies
The Undying Past (1961) — Contributor — 2 copies
Young Winter's Tales 6 (1975) — Contributor — 1 copy
The New Scientist, 26 September 1957 (1957) — Contributor — 1 copy
Stories for girls — Contributor — 1 copy

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The beginning of this book is its strength, it kind of looses its power forward the end. Despite that I would recommend it and read more by the author.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 18 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |
Oh, I am so glad I finally read this book. A fairy tale that is a delight, a comfort read that is also dark and grim. This is a fantasy book that went against the fantasy canon before there was one. Now I just have to get my hands on all the other books Naomi Mitchison had written.
 
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Alexandra_book_life | 18 other reviews | Dec 15, 2023 |
I don't normally pay much attention to blurbs, but a blurb from Ursula K. Le Guin, on top of the publication being from an imprint of Small Beer Press, made this little book irresistible even when the cover copy left me less than sure it would be for me. In the end, though, I'm so glad I stumbled upon it.

This short fairy-tale-esque novel sprawls over so many different territories, and with such a unique coming-of-age story. I was enchanted from the very beginning, and am somewhat shocked I hadn't heard of the author before now. What began as a sweetly amusing fairy tale turned into something deeper and more meaningful as the world and the character progressed, and left me in a bit of wonder.

I'd absolutely recommend it.
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whitewavedarling | 18 other reviews | Nov 20, 2023 |
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