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4.1/5 AbeBooks Language English Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 0-385-08216-9 Country United States of America | 4.1/5 Goodreads Cover artist Peggy Barnett Publication date 1971 Pages 229 pp Originally published 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Short story, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Roger Zelazny books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth is a collection of science fiction short stories by Roger Zelazny and the title of the first story in the collection. It was published in 1971 by Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-08216-9.
Contents
Contents
Stories in the original edition:
Stories added in later editions:
Notable stories
In 1965, the title story, about extreme sportsmen who fish for "sea monsters" in the oceans of Venus, won the first Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
"This Mortal Mountain" is also about future extreme sports, concerning mountain climbing on an asymmetric planet with a mountain tens of kilometers high, extending far beyond any breathable atmosphere.
"This Moment of the Storm" is about a constable on a distant colony planet, whose duties include the use of armed drone aircraft.