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Name: Strange But Not a Stranger

Author: James Patrick Kelly
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Science fiction, Short Stories, Anthology

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ISBNs:
9781930846128
1930846126

The 16 stories in this collection run the gamut from cyber adventure and a ghostly haunting to chemically modified romance and a time travel mission to save the world. The Hugo Award winner, "10(to the 16th) to 1," tells the story of a boy in the 1960s who gets caught up in a spirited adventure that becomes a desperate attempt to prevent a nuclear holocaust. In "The Cruelest Month," a grieving mother is haunted both by the past and a ghost. "The Prisoner of Chillon" presents a radioactive Lake Geneva overrun with cyberpunks seeking fame and fortune through software piracy. By turns humorous and harrowing, this collection highlights the short fiction of a lauded author at his best.

Author Biography: James Patrick Kelly, a two-time winner of the Hugo Award, is the author of Look into the Sun, Wildlife, and the story collection Think Like a Dinosaur. He lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire.