The Chick is in the Mail
Cover of The Chick is in the Mail | |
Author | edited by Esther M. Friesner, Martin H. Greenberg |
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Cover artist | Larry Elmore |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Chicks in Chainmail |
Genre | Fantasy short stories |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 2000 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 314 pp. |
ISBN | 0-671-31950-7 |
OCLC | 45178180 |
LC Class | CPB Box no. 1888 vol. 6 |
Preceded by | Chicks 'n Chained Males |
Followed by | Turn the Other Chick |
The Chick is in the Mail is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther M. Friesner with the assistance of Martin H. Greenberg, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in October 2000; a hardcover edition was issued the same year. It was the fourth of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner.
The book collects fifteen short stories and novelettes and one poem by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner and a section of notes about the authors.
Contents
- "Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
- "To His Iron-Clad Mistress" (poem) (Kent Patterson)
- "Sweet Charity" (Elizabeth Moon)
- "The Catcher in the Rhine" (Harry Turtledove)
- "With the Knight Male (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)" (Charles Sheffield)
- "Patterns in the Chain" (Steven Piziks)
- "Arms and the Woman" (Nancy Kress)
- "Fun with Hieroglyphics" (Margaret Ball)
- "Troll by Jury" (Esther M. Friesner)
- "Looking for Rhonda Honda" (William Sanders)
- "The Case of Prince Charming" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
- "Incognito, Ergo Sum" (Karen Everson)
- "Chain of Command" (Leslie What and Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
- "The Thief & The Roller Derby Queen: An Essay on the Importance of Formal Education" (Eric Flint)
- "The Right Bitch" (Doranna Durgin)
- "Foxy Boxer Gal Fights Giant Monster King!" (Pierce Askegren)
- "Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Change of Life" (K. D. Wentworth)
- "About the Authors" (uncredited)
External links
- The Chick is in the Mail title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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