Echoes of the 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]

Echoes of the Goddess:
Tales of Terror and Wonder From the End of Time
Cover of first edition
AuthorDarrell Schweitzer
IllustratorStephen Fabian
Cover artistStephen Fabian
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherWildside Press
Publication date
2013
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages272
ISBN978-1-4794-0023-2
OCLC830524360
Followed byThe Shattered Goddess 

Summary

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.

Contents
  • "Prologue"
  • "The Stones Would Weep" (from Fantasy Tales v. 6, no. 12, Win. 1983)
  • "The Story of a Dadar" (from Amazing Science Fiction Stories v. 56, no. 1, Jun. 1982)
  • "The Diminishing Man" (from Fantasy Book, v. 3, no. 3-4, Sep.-Dec. 1984)
  • "A Lantern Maker of Ai Hanlo" (from Amazing Stories v. 58, no. 2, Jul. 1984)
  • "Holy Fire" (from Weirdbook 17, 1983)
  • "The Stolen Heart" (from Weirdbook 26, Aut. 1991)
  • "Immortal Bells" (from Weirdbook 18, 1983)
  • "Between Night and Morning" (from Weirdbook 20, Spr. 1985)
  • "The Shaper of Animals" (from Amazing Stories v. 62, no. 2, Jul. 1987)
  • "Three Brothers" (from Weirdbook 23/24, 1988)
  • "Coming of Age in the City of the Goddess" (from Fantasy Book v. 4, no. 2, Jun. 1985)

Reception

The collection was reviewed by Richard A. Lupoff in Locus no. 629, June 2013.[1]

Notes
  1. Echoes of the Goddess title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
gollark: Nothing is objectively bad but it has many, many flaws.
gollark: Yes. Go is in fact bad.
gollark: However, people DO NOT like Go here as it's bad.
gollark: As far as I know there have not been recent horrible events™ happening to people here.
gollark: I can hear discord sounds but not any actual people?
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