Starlady and Fast-Friend

Starlady and Fast-Friend

Illustration By Martina Pilcerova

Dust jacket by Martina Pilcerova

For many of us, the Ace Double Novels of the ’50s and ’60s have long been a source both of pleasure and nostalgia. This new double volume from Subterranean Press stands squarely in that distinguished tradition, offering a pair of colorful, fast-paced novelettes from one of the most popular writers currently working in any genre: George R. R. Martin.

Starlady takes place on a planet called Thisrock and depicts a Darwinian society populated by thieves, whores, cutthroats, pimps, and assorted lost souls. It is a tale of love, loss, vengeance, and ambition written with great economy of means, and with a narrative intensity that never, ever lets up.

Fast-Friend takes a fresh new look at an enduring human dream: travel to the stars. With consummate narrative skill, and with a visionary’s sensibility, Martin tells an unforgettable story of longing and transcendence, a story suffused with images at once beautiful and terrifying, mysterious and profound.

Trade: fully cloth-bound hardcover edition
Limited: 200 numbered copies, hardcover, signed by author

artists_list:
Martina Pilcerova
authors_list:
George R. R. Martin
book_case:
None
book_length:
72 pages
book_type:
Collection
country_of_manufacturer:
United States
isbn:
978-1-59606-175-0
is_subpress:
Yes
print_status:
Out of Print
year:
2011