The Wind from a Burning Woman
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| The Wind from a Burning Woman | |
 Dust-jacket illustration by Vincent Di Fate for The Wind from a Burning Woman |
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| Author | Greg Bear |
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| Illustrator | Dennis Neal Smith |
| Cover artist | Vincent Di Fate |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction short stories |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
| Publication date | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | xii, 270 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-87054-094-7 |
The Wind from a Burning Woman is a collection of science fiction stories by author Greg Bear. It was released in 1983 and was the author's first hardcover book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 3,046 copies. Two of the included stories were nominated for a Nebula Award. "Petra" was nominated in 1983, but lost. "Hardfought" was nominated in 1984, and won.
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[edit] Contents
The Wind from a Burning Woman contains the following tales:
- "Preface"
- "The Wind From a Burning Woman"
- "The White Horse Child"
- "Petra"
- "Scattershot"
- "Mandala"
- "Hardfought"
[edit] Reprints
[edit] Arkham House
- Second printing, 1983 -- 1,503 copies.
[edit] Others
- New York: Ace, 1984.
- New York: Popular Library, 1990.
- London: Century, 1992 (revised as The Venging).
[edit] References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 132-133. 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., 54-55.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 150. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 128-129. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
