PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES: A COLLECTION ..
by Simmons, Dan
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#155864) (29770)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Arlington Hts., Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1990. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#155864) (29770). Octavo, cloth. One of 550 numbered copies signed by Simmons and artists Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn. Collects thirteen stories by Simmons with introduction by Harlan Ellison (Ellison encouraged Simmons' writing and urged him to submit professionally). A major collection that includes "Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams," the seed story for THE HOLLOW MAN, "The Death of the Centaur," the earliest story set in what would become his Hyperion Cantos universe, "Remembering Siri" the basis story for HYPERION (and incorporated as a section in the novel), and "Carrion Comfort," later expanded into the novel of the same name. Winner of the Horror Writer's of America Bram Stoker Award for best collection.
Synopsis
Prayers to Broken Stones is a short story anthology by the American author Dan Simmons. It includes 13 of his earlier works, along with an introduction by Harlan Ellison in which the latter relates how he "discovered" Dan Simmons at the Colorado Mountain College's "Writers' Conference in the Rockies" in 1981. The title is a borrowed line from T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men".
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29770
- Title
- PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES: A COLLECTION ..
- Author
- Simmons, Dan
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#155864) (29770)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dark Harvest
- Place of Publication
- Arlington Hts., Illinois
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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