Portraits of His Children

Portraits of His Children is the sixth short story collection by author George R.R. Martin. The collection was first published in July 1987 by Dark Harvest.[1] It contains 11 short stories.

First edition (publ. Dark Harvest)

The hardcover edition featured interior artwork by illustrators Val Lakey Lindahn and Ron Lindahn.[2]

The title story, originally published in November 1985 in Asimov's Science Fiction,[3] won the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[4]

Contents

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# Title Year Note
1 "Closing Time" 1982
2 "The Glass Flower" 1986 Novelette
3 The Ice Dragon 1980 Novelette
4 "In the Lost Lands" 1982
5 "The Last Super Bowl Game" 1975 Novelette
6 "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" 1976 Previously collected in Songs of Stars and Shadows (1977)
7 "Portraits of His Children" 1985 Novelette
8 "Under Siege" 1985 Novelette
9 "Unsound Variations" 1982 Novella
10 "With Morning Comes Mistfall" 1973 Previously collected in A Song for Lya (1976)
11 "The Second Kind of Loneliness" 1972 Previously collected in A Song for Lya (1976)

References

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  1. ^ "Bibliography | George R.R. Martin".
  2. ^ "Publication: Portraits of His Children". isfdb.org.
  3. ^ "Publication: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1985". isfdb.org.
  4. ^ "Awards DRAFT | George R.R. Martin".