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Of wars, and memories, and starlight, Aliette de Bodard

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Of wars, and memories, and starlight

Aliette de Bodard

"A major first collection from a writer fast becoming one of the stars of the genre... Aliette de Bodard, multiple award winner and author of The Tea Master and the Detective, now brings readers fourteen dazzling tales that showcase the richly textured worldbuilding and beloved characters that have brought her so much acclaim.Come discover the breadth and endless invention of her universes, ranging from a dark Gothic Paris devastated by a magical war; to the multiple award-winning Xuya, a far-future space opera inspired by Vietnamese culture where scholars administrate planets and sentient spaceships are part of families."--Publisher description

Introduction -- The shipmaker -- The jaguar house, in shadow -- Scattered along the River of Heaven -- Immersion -- The waiting stars -- Memorials -- The breath of war -- The days of the war, as red as blood, as dark as bile -- The dust queen -- Three cups of grief, by starlight -- A salvaging of ghosts -- Pearl -- Children of thorns, children of water -- Of birthdays, and fungus, and kindness