description: Points of Departure is a collection of short stories about alternating between hope and despair, Pat Murphy's stories range from "Rachel in Love," which portrays a chimpanzee whose brain is implanted with the personality of a young girl who has died to "His Vegetable Wife," the story of a farmer who grows a spouse from a packet of seed only to find that she is more quiet than docile. All but one of the 19 stories in this collection have been published previously in magazines and anthologies.
language: English
title: Points of Departure
titlecomplete: Points of Departure
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Collections, Anthologies, Fantasy, 20th Century
ratings_count: 149
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Philip K. Dick Award
publisher: DH Audio