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Ardath Mayhar (1930–2012)

Autor de Golden Dream

111+ Obras 1,233 Miembros 10 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

Sobre El Autor

Ardath Mayhar was born in Timpson, Texas on February 20, 1930. She began her writing career as a poet when she was 19 and began publishing science fiction in 1979. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 60 books in almost every fiction genre. She also wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Cannon, mostrar más Frances Hurst and John Killdeer. She won the Balrog Award for a horror narrative poem in Masques I and was honored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as an Author Emeritus in 2008. She died on February 1, 2012 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Ardath Mayhar

Golden Dream (1982) 326 copias
The Sword and the Dagger (1987) 138 copias
Soul-Singer of Tyrnos (1981) 76 copias
Khi to Freedom (1983) 70 copias
Lords of the Triple Moons (1983) 59 copias
Runes of the Lyre (1982) 55 copias
The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn (1980) — Autor — 40 copias
Medicine Walk (1985) 33 copias
Monkey Station (1989) 21 copias
People of the Mesa (1992) 19 copias
Island in the Lake (1993) 14 copias
A Place of Silver Silence (1988) 12 copias
Warlock's gift (1982) 11 copias
Exile on Vlahil (1984) 11 copias
High Mountain Winter (1996) 9 copias
Makra Choria (1987) 9 copias
Hunters if the Plains (1995) 8 copias
Carrots and Miggle (1986) 7 copias
Science Fiction Special 39 (1981) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
The Tulpa (2005) 2 copias
The Gift 2 copias
Kyrannon 1 copia
Witchfire (2007) 1 copia
The Weapon 1 copia
The Exiles of Damaria (2017) 1 copia
Vendetta (2009) 1 copia
Der Windtänzer. (1998) 1 copia
Death In The Square (2014) 1 copia
Bare Bones 1 copia
Yhitagh 1 copia
The Orphan 1 copia
Grimm's Way 1 copia
Footprints 1 copia
The wall (1987) 1 copia
The Reaping 1 copia
Fungi 1 copia
A Road of Stars (1998) 1 copia
Concerto 1 copia
First-in 1 copia
Trapline 1 copia
The Dig 1 copia
Ash-nialle 1 copia
Crawfish 1 copia

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Catfantastic (1989) — Contribuidor — 557 copias
In Celebration of Lammas Night (1996) — Contribuidor — 440 copias
Catfantastic II (1991) — Contribuidor — 377 copias
Catfantastic III (1994) — Contribuidor — 291 copias
The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988) — Contribuidor — 255 copias
Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (2001) — Contribuidor — 250 copias
Tales of the Witch World (1987) — Contribuidor — 224 copias
Historias para leer a plena luz (1973) — Contribuidor — 220 copias
Catfantastic V (1999) — Contribuidor — 214 copias
Magic in Ithkar (1985) — Contribuidor — 165 copias
Amazons II (1982) — Contribuidor — 165 copias
Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (1996) — Contribuidor — 142 copias
Dark Masques (2001) — Contribuidor — 136 copias
Excalibur (1995) — Contribuidor — 124 copias
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1985) — Contribuidor — 94 copias
Swords Against Darkness IV (1979) — Contribuidor — 89 copias
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes (1989) — Contribuidor — 89 copias
Razored Saddles (1989) — Contribuidor — 87 copias
Dark Delicacies III: Haunted (2009) — Contribuidor — 81 copias
Tales of the Dead (1981) — Contribuidor — 63 copias
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998) — Contribuidor — 63 copias
Masques: All New Works of Horror and the Supernatural (1984) — Contribuidor — 50 copias
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contribuidor — 46 copias
Shadows 9 (1986) — Contribuidor — 37 copias
Dark at Heart (1992) — Contribuidor — 31 copias
After Midnight (1986) — Contribuidor — 29 copias
Masques II: All-New Stories of Horror and the Supernatural (1987) — Contribuidor — 24 copias
Lords of the Razor (2006) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
Mummy: A Chrestomathy of Cryptology (1980) — Contribuidor — 13 copias
Warrior Wisewoman 2 (2009) — Contribuidor — 12 copias
The New Frontier (1989) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
Within Reach: Ten Stories (1993) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
Thrillers (Anthology) (1993) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Rod Serling's the Twilight Zone Magazine 1983 05 May-June (1983) — Contribuidor — 5 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre legal
Mayhar, Ardath Frances Hurst
Otros nombres
Cannon, Frank
Hurst, Frances
Killdeer, John
Fecha de nacimiento
1930
Fecha de fallecimiento
2012-02-01
Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Timpson, Texas, USA
Lugares de residencia
Chireno, Texas, USA
Organizaciones
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Premios y honores
Mark Twain Award (nomination)
Balrog Award for Professional Achievement 1985
SFWA Author Emeritus (2008)
Biografía breve
Ardath Mayhar began writing poetry when she was nineteen, and was first published in 1943. She has written over 60 books in genres including science fiction, horror, fantasy, young adult, historical, and western. She has many award nominations for fiction and poetry, including the Mark Twain Award. In 2008 she was chosen by Science Fiction Writers of America as their Author Emeritus.

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Classic pulp fantasy, if there is such a thing. I love Mayhar's terse style of writing that assumes that the reader can catch up. Very different from what the fantasy genre has become, yet lovely and recognizable for those who enjoy it.
 
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jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
Introduces us to a galaxy where humanity has spread, then splintered into factions, with each trying to rule the whole. Follows one plot to remove a king of one clan" for the furthering of another clan. Nothing special, but enjoyable with promise for a huge amount of stories.

Having never played Battletech/Mechwarrior, I am just getting into this universe. I thought the introduction did a good job of summarizing the galaxy to date."
 
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BookstoogeLT | otra reseña | Dec 10, 2016 |
2.5 stars
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.

Araminta Palomer is the daughter of an elderly wealthy businessman and his second wife. Minta has been sheltered for all her life, living in the family mansion which is surrounded by high walls and patrolling Doberman Pinschers. She has a governess and is driven to town only rarely for shopping. Because sheƒ??s lonely, Minta creates an imaginary friend ƒ?? an egg-shaped furry creature who loves her. Prophetically, she names him Willbe and she imagines him with sharp needle-like teeth because sheƒ??s got a really nasty older stepbrother.

At first, Willbe is the perfect companion; heƒ??s warm and furry and sleeps next to Minta at night. The problems start when Willbe begins to manifest as a real creature whenever Minta feels threatened ƒ?? and heƒ??s not afraid to use those teeth. When Minta is kidnapped and Willbe steps in to protect her, the police start asking questions. Most people canƒ??t see Willbe, but the governess, who has spent some time in Tibet, recognizes the creature as a Tulpa. She understands that Minta has summoned the tulpa, but she doesnƒ??t know how to get rid of him, and heƒ??s gradually getting more dangerous as he resists Mintaƒ??s control. He racks up several murders by the end of the story.

The Tulpa by Ardath Mayhar, who died this year, is a relatively short novel (168 pages in paperback, 5 hours in audio) that was originally published as The Tulpa: A Novel of Supernatural Horror in 2005 in ebook format. The plot is straightforward and linear ƒ?? there is no divergence from the chronological storyline about Willbe. Since itƒ??s a horror story, some departure or tension relief would have been welcome. The story isnƒ??t particularly scary or gory, itƒ??s just single-minded to a fault.

At first I was confused about Ardath Mayharƒ??s setting because Aramintaƒ??s family is so worried about her being kidnapped, she lives behind high walls, she has a governess instead of going to school, and her mother has been told that reading fiction causes children to become unhealthily fanciful. Then the governess mentions surfing the Internet and itƒ??s clear that the setting is modern U.S.A. This all seemed incongruent to me.

Probably what saved The Tulpa for me was Kate Ruddƒ??s narration of the audiobook version (published by Wildside Press). I have always enjoyed her performances and, though I accused her of being too angsty in the last audiobook I listened to her narrate, I didnƒ??t find that to be a problem here (when she had even more cause to be angsty). She made Minta feel more real than Ardath Mayhar did.

If youƒ??re looking for a short fast-paced supernatural horror story thatƒ??s not too gross or scary, The Tulpa will fit the bill. Donƒ??t expect more than an uncomplicated unswerving monster story, though.

Ardath Mayharƒ??s writing style is pleasant, and I look forward to reading more of her work. I have one of her novels on my shelf and I fully intend to crack it open sometime soon.


Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.
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Kat_Hooper | Apr 6, 2014 |
It takes a little bit to catch on to what's happening - but this is that story that explains how a species native to a planet can be in an economic crises because there is only ONE creature that gives them an essential nutrient - and the entire race is dying out.

In Golden Dream we learn WHY the Fuzzies were facing these problems, what they thought of the Big Ones who came to them in their time of need - and just generally fun reading.
 
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dragonasbreath | otra reseña | Nov 3, 2011 |

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