Synopsis
Signet paperback, 1973, one of two printings. Lots of writers have written stories about storytelling, but few are as fresh and funny as this 1972 work. Effinger, who emerged as a real talent during SF's "New Wave" era, sets his first novel on a distant colony world called simply Home. The narrator is Seyt, a son of the very first family to settle on the planet. While the story is thick with religious and mythological significance, it is also enhanced by Effinger's trademark humor. "What Entropy Means to Me" was nominated for the Nebula Award, and Effinger (1947 - 2002) went on to gain fame for his cyberpunk "Marîd Audran" trilogy.
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About the Author
George A. Effinger was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947. He attended Yale University, where an organic chemistry course disabused him of the notion of becoming a doctor. He had the opportunity to meet many of his science fiction idols thanks to his first wife, who was Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm’s babysitter. With their encouragement, he began writing science fiction in 1970. He published at least twenty novels and six collections of short fiction, including When Gravity Fails and The Exile Kiss. He also wrote and published two crime novels, Felicia and Shadow Money. With his Budayeen novels, Effinger helped to found the cyberpunk genre. He was a Hugo and Nebula Award winner and is a favorite among fellow science fiction writers.
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