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- From acclaimed master of science fiction, Terry Bisson, Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories brings together his Hugo Award-winning short story with eighteen other classics Bears Discover Fire is the first short story collection by Terry Bisson, author of such brilliant novels as Talking Man and Voyage to the Red Planet.
- About the Author: Terry Bisson (1942-2024) was the American science fiction and fantasy author of the Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning short story "Bears Discover Fire," as well as the widely-reprinted, all-dialogue short story "They're Made Out of Meat.
- 256 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
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From acclaimed master of science fiction, Terry Bisson, Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories brings together his Hugo Award-winning short story with eighteen other classics
Bears Discover Fire is the first short story collection by Terry Bisson, author of such brilliant novels as Talking Man and Voyage to the Red Planet. It brings together nineteen of Bisson's finest works for the first time in one volume, among them the darkly comic title story, which garnered the field's highest honors, including the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus awards.
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"'Bears Discover Fire' evokes climate change and the otherness of nature. It captures the mix of blitheness and curiosity with which we often apprehend the world shifting around us. It's not quite sci-fi; it's more like a parable."--The New Yorker
"Bisson's stock in trade is whimsy where, at his best, he combines a splendidly loopy inventiveness with real poignancy, a hard-edged sense of wonder and a grasp of the genuinely alien...Bisson's distinctive style and priceless imagination lift his work to an altogether more exalted plane." --Kirkus "Highly recommended . . . brilliantly original . . . every story showcases Bisson's keen intelligence and distinctive gift for deliciously wry prose." --Booklist "Bisson's prose is a wonder of seemingly effortless control and precision; he is one of science fiction's most promising short story practioners." --Publisher's Weekly "His quick jabs to the funny bone and the intellect often are more powerful than many a lesser artist's attempt at a knockout punch." --San Diego Union-TribuneAbout the Author
Terry Bisson (1942-2024) was the American science fiction and fantasy author of the Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning short story "Bears Discover Fire," as well as the widely-reprinted, all-dialogue short story "They're Made Out of Meat." His many novels include Talking Man, Fire on the Mountain, Voyage to the Red Planet, Pirates of the Universe, and The Pickup Artist. He also published several volumes of short fiction, including Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories, In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories, Greetings, and TVA Baby and Other Stories.