Cherry Wilder (3 September 1930 โ 14 March 2002) was an important writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and short fiction in the last quarter of the twentieth century. A writer whose work both entertained and also challenged rigid social mores, her best-known works are the Rulers of Hylor trilogy, a high fantasy work comprised of A Princess of the Chameln, Yorath the Wolf and The Summer's King and the science fiction first-contact Torin trilogy comprised of The Luck of Brin's Five, The Nearest Fire and The Tapestry Warriors. Born in New Zealand, she used Maori folklore and legends to inform the background of the Torin trilogy.
Ms. Wilder's fiction, both novel length and shorter works, ranges well beyond epic fantasy and hard science fiction to include dark fantasy, horror and the weird, as well as mysteries and thrillers.
Contents:
The Soul of A Poet,
A Long, Bright Day by the Seas of Utner,
Alice in Venice,
Anzac Day,
Aotearoa,
Back of Beyond,
Dr Tilmann's Consultant - A Scientific Romance,
Finishing School,
Kaleidoscope,
Looking Forwatd To the Harvest,
Mab Gallen Recalled,
Old Noon's Tale,
Something Coming Through,
Special Effects,
The Curse of Kali,
The Dancing Floor,
The Decline of Sunshine,
The Remittance Man,
Double Summer Time,
Odd Man Search,
Saturday,
The Ballad of Hilo Hill,
The Falldown of Man,
The Gingerbread House,
The Phobos Transcripts,
A Woman's Ritual,
Bird on a Time Branch,
Dreamwood,
The Ark of James Carlyle,
The Bernstein Room,
The House on Cemetery Street,
The Lodestar,
Way Out West,
Willow Cottage.