Carol Emshwiller

• 1967
• / Horror
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Blurb (Act I) PARSONS: I’m beginning to feel what his friends must have gone through when they were really seeing him off. The longer they wait, the more improbably it is that the bloody plane will ever leave. They mouth platitudes to each other...

• Jan-1980
• / Science Fiction
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ENTER THE WORLD OF TRANSMUTATIONS -- MENTAL AND ELEMENTAL, ALCHEMICAL AND ACADEMIC NIGHT AND THE LOVES OF JOE DICOSTANZO by Samuel R. Delany When a young man living in an abandoned castle discovers he has strange and wonderful powers, he's delig...

• Jan-1989
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-1990
• / Fantasy
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“Combines the cruel humor of Candide with the allegorical panache of Animal Farm.” -- Entertainment Weekly"Carol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. Carmen Dog ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it...

• Jul-1995
• / General Fiction
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Native Belarusan Jan Zaprudnik paints a vivid picture of Belarus's complex past, paving the way for his analysis of the challenges now facing the republic in the wake of a disintegrating Soviet Union. In recent years Belarus (formerly known as Beloru...

• Jul-1998
• / Historical
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• Aug-2002
• / Science Fiction
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* Philip K. Dick Award Winner* Best of the Year: Locus, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Magazine* Nominated for the Impac AwardCharley is an athlete. He wants to grow up to be the fastest runner in the world, like his father. He wants to...

• Aug-2002
• / General Fiction
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What if the world ended on your birthday--and no one came? What if your grandmother was a superhero? Recommended to readers of Judy Budnitz, Geoff Ryman, Aimee Bender, and Grace Paley this fourth collection by the wonderful Carol Emshwiller includ...

• Apr-2005
• / Fantasy
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I Live With You is a sophisticated collection of fierce, compassionate fiction marked by an absurdist sense of humor. A contemporary of Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, and Fay Weldon, Carol Emshwiller has been lauded for her originality and lyricis...

• Aug-2005
• / Fantasy
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Bobby Lassiter has some important secrets--but it's not as if anyone's paying attention. It's the middle of the Depression, and while Bobby's mother and older sister knit all day to make money, Bobby explores the California desert around their home. ...

• Apr-2007
• / Science Fiction
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The Secret City is a proud enclave carved in stone. Hidden high in a mountain range, it is a worn citadel protecting a lost culture. It harbors a handful of aliens stranded on Earth, waiting for rescue and running out of time. Over years of increasin...

• May-2013
• / General Fiction
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CAROL EMSHWILLER sold her first story in 1954. In 2002 she won the Nebula Award and Philip K. Dick Award. Carol received a second Nebula and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2005. She was born in 1921 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After s...

• Aug-2025
• / Science Fiction
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Carol Emshwiller’s writing career spanned sixty years, and the roughly 150 stories she published appeared in pulp magazines and literary journals and everything in between — earning her the Pushcart Prize, multiple Nebula Awards, and a Wo...