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| The Quantum Rose |
| by Catherine Asaro 2000 Part of the Saga of tthe Skolian Empire Winner of a Nebula for Best Novel |
Preview: Kamoj Argali, governor of a poor province on a primitive planet is betrothed to the brutal governor of a more prosperous province, but accepts marriage with a mysterious offworlder. In an afterward, Asaro likens the relationship between Kamoj and her two suitors to the behavior of particles described in quantum scattering theory. |
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| "The Queen of Air and Darkness |
| by Poul Anderson Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1971 Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IV Winner of a Hugo for Best Novella Winner of a Nebula for Best Novelette |
| Preview: On the planet Roland, a winwinged being called a pook kidnaps a young boy and bring him to the world of the Outlings in the Arctic wilderness. The boy's mother Barbro Cullen hires private investiageor Eric Sherrenford, and they travel north to search for her son among the mytical Old Fold, intelligent non-human natives of the planet. |
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| "The Quest for Saint Aquin" |
| by Anthony Boucher Originally published in New Tales of Space and Time, 1951 Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. I |
| Preview: In the years after a nuclear holocaust Christians are persecuted by the Technarchy. The Pope sends one of his priests on a search for the tomb of a saintly man called Aquin. In the course of the journey, the priest converses with his robotic transportation about his belief in God and the importance of Aquin to the future of the existence of the Church. |
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