Killing Me Softly: Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love
by Gardner R. Dozois (Editor)
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Fifteen erotic tales of unearthly love. Theyrange from Ursula K. Le Guin's Unchosen Love, whichis on marriage as practiced by the inhabitants of a planetin space, to Nancy Kress' Hard Drive, which is on sex bycomputer.Tags
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Bought this one on the clearance shelf at Books-A-Million for a buck. That's shopping prowess. The tales are not as erotic as the title suggests and suprisingly well written. I especially enjoyed the idea of discovering true love in the city cemetery.
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Gardner Dozois was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 23, 1947. After working as an Army journalist, he became a science fiction and fantasy editor and author. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies and editor of Asimov's from 1984 until 2004. His work as an editor received more than 40 Hugo Awards, 40 Nebula show more Awards, and 30 Locus Awards. He received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor 15 times between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004. He wrote books including Strangers and short stories including The Peacemaker and Morning Child, which won the Nebula Award for Short Story in 1983 and 1984, respectively. He also collaborated with George R. R. Martin on a series of themed anthologies including Songs of the Dying Earth, Old Mars, Dangerous Women, and Rogues. In 2011, Dozois was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He died on May 27, 2018 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Killing Me Softly
- Original publication date
- 1995
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, Fantasy
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- 813.08766083538 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Fantasy Collections Themes and subjects Humanity Behaviour and activities Sex
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- PS648 .F3 .K55 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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