Echoes of the Goddess
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 Cover of first edition | |
| Author | Darrell Schweitzer |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Stephen Fabian |
| Cover artist | Stephen Fabian |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Wildside Press |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4794-0023-2 |
| OCLC | 830524360 |
| Followed by | The Shattered Goddess |
Echoes of the Goddess: Tales of Terror and Wonder From the End of Time is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Darrell Schweitzer, a prequel to his novel The Shattered Goddess (1983). The book is illustrated with a cover and frontispiece by Stephen Fabian. It was first published as a trade paperback by Wildside Press in February 2013.[1]
The collection consists of a cycle of eleven stories originally published from 1982-1991 in various fantasy and science fiction magazines, together with a prologue original to the collection. Some of the stories were revised for book publication. The stories follow the fortunes of various characters living on a magic-ridden far future Earth in the age of chaotic miracles between the death of the world's latest divinity, the Goddess, and the birth of a new one. Among the protagonists are a wizard's shadow striving to become human, two fratricidal brother sorcerers engaged in a feud lasting centuries, a musician who becomes lord of death, a visionary boy priest, and a witch in love with a god.
