A Song for Lya
Author: | George R. R. Martin |
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1974 |
Series: | Thousand Worlds |
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Book Type: | Novella |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
Sub-Genre Tags: | First Contact |
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Synopsis
Hugo Award winning and Nebula Award nominated novella.
Two telepaths investigate the newly discovered world of Shkea, where every native inhabitant, and an increasing number of human colonists, worships a mysterious and deadly parasite.
The story originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1974. It can also be found in the anthologies The 1975 Annual World's Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, The Hugo Winners, Volume 3: (1970-75) (1977), edited by Isaac Asimov, and The Best of Analog (1978), edited by Ben Bova. It is included in the collections A Song for Lya and Other Stories (1976), Nightflyers (1985) and GRRM: A RRetrospective (2003).
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