num_pages: 309
description: This collection of literary short fiction combines fantasy, science fiction, and horror in vivid settings, peopled with ordinary humans with normal relationships, and the interaction of the mundane with the fantastic. In "Breathmoss," a young girl must cope with the relationship with her family, love, and a community set in rigid custom, where males are a rarity. In "Verglas," a man must decide to leave his humanity by going native on an ice world or abandon his family. The events leading to the formation of the current government, the repression of Jews and homosexuals, and the horrors of being a closet homosexual in such a regime are examined in "The Summer Isles." Other stories encompass a scientist who searches for extraterrestrial intelligence; a rigid, aged man finding magic by a pool; and an 18-year-old girl who gains the reputation of being a death flower during WWII.Contents:Breathmoss (2002)Verglas (1996)The Chop Girl (1999)The Noonday Pool (1995)New Light on the Drake Equation (2001)Isabel of the Fall (2001)The Summer Isles (1998)
language: English
title: Breathmoss and Other Exhalations
titlecomplete: Breathmoss and Other Exhalations
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Collections, Short Stories
ratings_count: 49
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novella for "Breathmoss", awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novella for "Breathmoss", awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
category: "Breathmoss", awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Asimov's Readers' Poll Award
category: Best Novella for "Breathmoss"
publisher: Golden Gryphon Press