- Fiction in English, Hugo Award Winner, American Science fiction, Science fiction
Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The Infinity Box and The Clewiston Test.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Kate Wilhelm
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- Pocket Books, ORB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780575079144
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“What David always hated most about the Sumner family dinners was the way everyone talked about him as if he were not there.”
Kate Wilhelm was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. Wilhelm established the Clarion Workshop along with her husband Damon Knight and writer Robin Scott Wilson.
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