Portraits of His Children

✍ Scribed by George R. R. Martin

• Book ID: 107528034
• Publisher: ElectricStory.com, Inc.
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 41 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781597290715

✦ Synopsis

Richard Cantling didn't regret the sacrifices he had made for his work, but he had expected his daughter to forgive and forget. When the painting arrives, it seems a gesture of reconciliationuntil he's brought face to face with another of his offspring, one he never planned to meet... Winner of 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.

From Publishers Weekly

Martin has a loyal following for his ironic voice and his colorful imagination. This new collection, gathering stories from 14 years, puts that inventiveness at the service of a romantic and sentimental vision. In one of the earliest pieces, ''With Morning Comes Mistfall,'' the allure of the mysterious, myth-laden Wraithworld vanishes with scientific scrutiny. The noble ''Ice Dragon'' gives its life to save the little girl who loves it. In the title story a novelist wallows in self pity for having devoted more time to his fictional creations than to his family. A time travel/revenge-of-the-nerd yarn, ''Unsound Variations,'' somewhat escapes the pattern, but this remains overall a weak collection.
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