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At the beginning of the eighteenth centuryWilliam Le Fanu was the sole survivor of his family.
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Tay Jin Chuan
reviewed The Purcell Papers- Volume 3 (Large Print Edition) on May 16, 2010 The Purcell Papers- Volume 3 (Large Print Edition)
5.0 stars. WOW!! This was an exceptional collection of inter-connected short stories that should be seen as one complete story. The cosmetic premise of the of the stories is about a group of 22nd century Kenyans unhappy with its evolution into "another European city" who emigrate to a planetary colony in order to live simply and in harmony with the land as their ancestors did. The real or underlying premise of these stories are about the struggle of one person against the inevitability of progress and change.
This struggle is shown through the eyes of Koriba, the colonies mundumugu (i.e., holy man) as he attempts to keep outside influences, ideas and technologies from "contaminating" the culture of his people. Many of these "conflicts" made it very difficult to "sympathize" with Koriba's position given my, and presumably most readers, "Western" viewpoint (i.e., killing an infant because it is "cursed", leaving the elderly and infirm outside the village at night to be consummed by hyenas and refusing life saving medical services). However, even when we end up disagreeing with his position, Resnick does a great job of making the reader see these issues through Koriba's eyes so that at least we understand him. Not an easy thing to do and Resnick does it superbly.
The tale of Koriba and the colony of Kirinyaga are told in a series of connected short stories that, when taken together, is the most HONORED collection (in terms of major and minor awards and nominations) of short stories in the history of Science Fiction (see below for list of MAJOR awards only). This is definitely a worth-while collection and a SUPERIOR achievement by a great author. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!!
Table of Contents:
One Perfect Morning, With Jackals
- Nominee: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
Kirinyaga
- Winner: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Nebula Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
- Voted to Locus All Time Best Short Story List
For I Have Touched the Sky
- Nominee: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Nebula Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
Bwana
- Nominee: Locus Award
The Manamouki
- Winner: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Nebula Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
Song of a Dry River
The Lotus and the Spear
- Nominee: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
A Little Knowledge
- Nominee: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
When the Old Gods Die
- Winner: Locus Award
- Nominee: Nebula Award
- Nominee: Hugo Award
The Land of Nod
- Nominee: Hugo Award
- Nominee: Locus Award
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