Woman Who Loved Moon

by Elizabeth A. Lynn

Paperback, 1981

Status

Available

Publication

Berkley (1955)

Description

Elizabeth A. Lynn stands as a groundbreaking author of fantasy and science fiction. Her stories weave richly drawn characters and complex scenes of daily life into the intricate tapestry of speculative fiction. But beyond her technical skill, Lynn has changed the landscape of fantasy writing as one of the first authors to incorporate themes of gender and gay relationships into her work. Importantly, these themes are not part of the fantastic story line but simply of the unremarkable, normal relationships around which the fantasy occurs. This collection of Lynn's early short stories serves as a wonderful introduction to her influential work. Soaring emotions, eloquent prose, and fully realized worlds are truly a joy to become lost within. That explains why the namesake short story "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" won Lynn one of her two World Fantasy Awards. With The Woman Who Loved the Moon and Other Stories, readers will delight in an author whose work George R. R. Martin has described as "the sort of fantasy we don't see enough of: lyrical and literate, and a treat from the first page to the last."… (more)

Rating

½ (18 ratings; 3.6)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Murphy-Jacobs
I pull this one out to reread periodically, and I find time does not diminish these fascinating short stories. If there is an overwhelming theme to these tales -- a mix of fantasy and science fiction -- it is "What is it to be a human?" or "intelligent being", depending.
LibraryThing member iansales
Lynn is not a well-known name on this side of the Atlantic – she doesn’t appear to have been published in the UK since the late 1970s. Not that she appears to have written much since then – pretty much nothing between 1990 and a new fantasy novel in 2004, and nothing since. Which is a shame,
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as there are worst writers with much healthier careers. But then fantasy has never been about the writing, which is why so many bad writers have proven so successful in the genre. As fnatasy collections go, this is a perfectly respectable one, with, as is typical, a couple of sf stories, such as ‘The Man Who Was Pregnant’. Each story has a brief introduction, and I admit I like author’s notes in collections. Lynn never made the big time, which seems unfair given how polished the stories in this collection are. But perhaps the fact I can remember little of them a few weeks after reading the book explains why she never made it a big. A good writer, but not, it seems, of especially memorable stories.
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Awards

Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist — 1982)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1984

ISBN

0425051617 / 9780425051610
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