Mother Aegypt and Other Stories

by Kage Baker

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Night Shade Books (2006), Paperback, 249 pages

Description

A short story collection from Kage Baker, including an original novella set in her ongoing series of The Company, "Mother Aegypt". The Company novels are being released by Tor, and include The Graveyard Game and The Life of the World to Come. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member rivkat
I liked these a lot, much more than the last few Company books I read. Many are vicious satires either of standard fantasy tropes or of specific stories (including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Gulliver’s Travels) and they are very, very dark, but written with a light touch that makes them
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Awards

Locus Award (Finalist — Collection — 2005)

Physical description

249 p.; 9.1 inches

ISBN

1597800570 / 9781597800570
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