The Zanzibar Cat

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Title The Zanzibar Cat

Dust-jacket illustration by James C. Christensen for The Zanzibar Cat
Author	Joanna Russ
Illustrator	Dennis Neal Smith
Cover artist	James C. Christensen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror short stories
Publisher	Arkham House
Released	1983
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	xii, 244 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-87054-097-1

The Zanzibar Cat is a feminist science fiction collection of short stories by Joanna Russ, first published in 1983 by Arkham House. It was the author's first collection of short fiction and was published in an edition of 3,526 copies. The story, "When It Changed", won a Nebula Award in 1972. "Old Thoughts, Old Balances" won a 1977 O. Henry Prize under the title "The Autobiography of My Mother".

Contents 1 Reprints 2 Contents 2.1 Arkham House 2.2 Baen 3 References

[edit] Reprints

• Riverdale, NY: Baen, 1984 (revised contents).[1]

[edit] Contents

[edit] Arkham House

• "Foreward" by Marge Piercy
• "When It Changed"
• "The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand"
• "The Soul of a Servant"
• "Gleepsite"
• "Nobody's Home"
• "My Dear Emily"
• "The New Men"
• "My Boat"
• "Useful Phrases for the Tourist"
• "Corruption"
• "There is Another Shore, You Know, Upon the Other Side"
• "A Game of Vlet"
• "How Dorothy Kept Away the Spring"
• "Poor Man, Beggar Man"
• "Old Thoughts, Old Presences"
• "The Zanzibar Cat"

[edit] Baen

• "When It Changed"
• "The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand"
• "The Soul of a Servant"
• "The Man Who Could Not See Devils"
• "Gleepsite"
• "Nobody's Home"
• "My Dear Emily"
• "There is Another Shore, You Know, Upon the Other Side"
• "My Boat"
• "Useful Phrases for the Tourist"
• "Dragons and Dimwits"
• "Corruption"
• "The Precious Object"
• "The New Men"
• "A Game of Vlet"
• "The Zanzibar Cat"

[edit] References

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 134-135. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 55. 
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 151. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 129. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.