(I have one of those very books on my shelf now, in fact.) Sadly, Kagan passed away in early 2008. They also sold those books, and passed the money on to Kagan. When Steve Miller traveled down to take out what payment he could in the form of a truckload of boxes of unsold Liaden books from Meisha Merlin’s warehouse that he and Sharon Lee could sell via their web store, he found a box of Hellspark there and claimed that, too. Hodgell’s Kencyr series, Hellspark was published by Meisha Merlin, the SF and fantasy publisher that managed to go bankrupt while still owing its authors substantial amounts in unpaid royalties. As a sparkling example of the relatively rare sub-genre of anthropological science-fiction, predicated on exploration of different human and alien cultures, it opens a window into a marvelous wider galaxy that readers can only wish there had been more of to explore.Īs with the Liaden books and P.C. Hellspark is one of the special favorite works of and acknowledged influences on Liaden Universe authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. One of those is this work by the late Janet Kagan, Hellspark (also available via Amazon). Every so often, Baen republishes a really special, hard-to-find rarity.
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