For I have touched the sky [short fiction]
by Mike Resnick
Kirinyaga (Collections and Selections — 1.3)
On This Page
Description
A young girl struggles for the right to read on the Kikuyu utopian world of Kirinyaga where women are not allowed to readTags
Member Reviews
This is a beautiful little tear-jerker of a story about cultural identity, loss, and the difficult decisions faced by those who would lead their people. Resnick does a surprisingly good job of building empathy for a protagonist who must make unconscionable decisions to ensure the survival of his tribe. If you've ever thought you might want to grow up to be a witch-doctor, this is the story that will talk some sense into you. Seek it out, it will be worth the effort.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
574+ Works 14,748 Members
Mike Resnick was born on March 5, 1942. He sold his first article in 1957, his first short story in 1959, and his first book in 1962. He attended the University of Chicago from1959 through 1961. Resnick began writing stories under various pseudonyms and churned out more than 200 novels, 300 short stories and 2,000 articles, from1964 through1976. show more He edited 7 different tabloid newspapers and a pair of men's magazines, as well. Beginning with Shaggy B.E.M. Stories in 1988, Resnick has also become an anthology editor, and was nominated for a Best Editor Hugo in 1994 and 1995. His list of anthologies in print and in press totals more than 20. Since 1989, he has won four Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and has been nominated for 19 Hugos, eight Nebulas, a Clarke (British), and five Seiun-shos (Japanese). He has also won 10 Homer Awards, an Alexander Award, a Golden Pagoda Award, the Seiun Award (Japanese), a Hayakawa SF Award (Japanese), a Locus Award, an Ignotus Award (Spanish), a Futura Award (Croatian), the Tour Eiffel Award (French), the Prix Ozone (French), two Sfinks Awards and a Fantastyka Award (both Polish), and has topped the S. F. Chronicle Poll six times and the Asimov's Readers Poll twice. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Awards and Honors
Awards
Series
Work Relationships
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- For I have touched the sky [short fiction]
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 10
- Popularity
- 2,141,183
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.17)
- Languages
- English
- ISBNs
- 1
