The Breath of Heaven: Stories from Distant Worlds

By Nancy Fulda
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Published: Aug. 05, 2011
Words: 18273 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

This sampler pack brings together three stories by Hugo and Nebula nominee Nancy Fulda. From an isolated telepath who flees her destiny to a sentient computer struggling to behave ethically, this 80 page collection revisits questions initially posed by Asimov and Clarke, and casts the HAL 9000 story in an intriguing new light.

Extended description

This omnibus brings together three stories by Hugo and Nebula nominee Nancy Fulda.

KNOWING NEITHER KIN NOR FOE
Kitjaya is a solo mind, bereft of telepathic communication with her sib-group and isolated from the only deity her species has ever known. Prophecy foretells that Kitjaya will protect her kin from a malevolent destroyer, but as the day of reckoning approaches, she finds herself unwilling to play out the role demanded of her by society.... (Read more) This omnibus brings together three stories by Hugo and Nebula nominee Nancy Fulda.

KNOWING NEITHER KIN NOR FOE
Kitjaya is a solo mind, bereft of telepathic communication with her sib-group and isolated from the only deity her species has ever known. Prophecy foretells that Kitjaya will protect her kin from a malevolent destroyer, but as the day of reckoning approaches, she finds herself unwilling to play out the role demanded of her by society.

THE BREATH OF HEAVEN
Sacia's fellow AI's have eradicated all humans from their colony world. A second wave of colonists will soon arrive. Unless Sacia can find a way to smooth the conflict between man and machine, every one of those humans will die.

IN THE HALLS OF THE SKY-PALACE
A mysterious presence stalks the hallways of the Sky-King's palace, stealing dreams and condemning the king's dancers to a living death. As the last living bearer of the Gift in the palace, the task of unraveling this mystery falls to young Aesva. But she is young; inexperienced; and the woman most able to assist her has already died.
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robot, artificial intelligence, magic, prophecy, gift, alien, space travel, computer, ai, king, colony, genocide, spaceship, interstellar travel, extraterrestrial, dancer, asimov, hugo, predestination, hugo award, nebula award, isaac asimov, deity, clarke, colony world, arthur c clarke

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