Thick 8vo. x, 572, [2] pp. Black publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine, lavender-coloured illustrated endpapers, w/ d.j. cover art by Frank Kelly Freas, F/F copy. First Haffner edition, stated, 1 of 1000 trade edition copies printed, of this omnibus volume assembling the final collection of volumes intended to present all the science fiction short stories of the "undisputed Queen of Space Opera.".

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Title

Shannach -- The Last: farewell to Mars. Introduction by Anne McCaffrey.

Publisher

Haffner Press,, Royal Oak, MI:

Publication Date

2011

Language

English

ISBN 10

1893887448

ISBN 13

9781893887442

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Frank Kelly Freas; Ed Emshwiller

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Science Fiction

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Picking up where Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances left off, this volume collects the final 17 stories of strange adventures on other worlds from the undisputed "Queen of Space Opera." Drawn from the last years of pulp magazines such as Planet Stories, Startling Stories, and Thrilling Wonder Stories, Shannach The Last: Farewell to Mars sees Brackett at the peak of her talents. Oddly, it is at this point where she abandons the "planetary romance" sub-genre and embarks on a small string of stories tinged with social relevance. This departure didn't stop editors asking for some of "that old Brackett magic" and she offered up two latter day tales ("The Road to Sinharat" and "Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon") before returning to chronicle further adventures of Eric John Stark in her final "Skaith" novels. Closing out the collection is a trio of tales written on commission from the "king of anthologies," Roger Elwood.
The book is adorned with Frank Kelly Freas' and Ed Emshwiller's vintage illustrations from the original pulp magazines.
In a review of Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances Paul di Filippo says "[Brackett's work] is replete with hard-bitten protagonists with wounded psyches, females both nurturing and malevolent, weird alien life forms, strange planetary environments, danger, treachery, camaraderie and even spiritual epiphanies. In short, this book holds the essence of SF at least, the essence of one very important school of it."
Yeah, that's the stuff!

Table of Contents
"Introduction" by Anne McCaffrey
The Truants (Startling Stories Jul 50)
The Citadel of Lost Ages (Startling Stories Dec '50)
The Woman from Altair (Startling Stories Jul '51)
The Shadows (Startling Stories Feb '52)
The Last Days of Shandakor (Startling Stories Apr '52)
Shannach the Last (Planet Stories Nov '52)
Mars Minus Bisha (Planet Stories Jan '54)
Runaway (Startling Stories Spr '54)
The Tweener (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Feb '55)
Last Call from Sector 9G (Planet Stories Sum '55)
The Queer Ones (Venture Mar '57)
All the Colors of the Rainbow (Venture Nov '57)
The Road to Sinharat (Amazing Stories May '63)
Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon (ss) F&SF Oct '64)
Come Sing the Moons of Moravenn (The Other Side of Tomorrow, ed. Roger Elwood, 1973)
How Bright the Stars (Flame Tree Planet, ed. Roger Elwood, 1973)
Mommies and Daddies (Crisis, ed. Roger Elwood, 1974)
"Interview with Leigh Brackett"

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