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Conservation of Shadows
2013
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There is no such thing as conservation of shadows. When light destroys shadows, darkness does not gain in density elsewhere. When shadows steal over earth and across the sky, darkness is not diluted. Featuring an Introduction by Aliette De Bodard, Conservation of Shadows features a selection of short stories from Yoon Ha Lee. Content "Ghostweight" (2011) "The Shadow Postulates" (2007) "The Bones of Giants" (2009) "Between Two Dragons" (2010) "Swanwatch" (2009) "Effigy Nights" (2013) "Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain" (2010) "Iseul's Lexicon" (2013) "Counting the Shapes" (2001) "Blue Ink" (2008) "The Battle of Candle Arc" (2012) "A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel" (2011) "The Unstrung Zither" (2009) "The Black Abacus" (2002) "The Book of Locked Doors" (2012) "Conservation of Shadows" (2012)

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Yoon Ha Lee
Yoon Ha Lee
Author · 32 books
Yoon Ha Lee is an American science fiction writer born on January 26, 1979 in Houston, Texas. His first published story, “The Hundredth Question,” appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1999; since then, over two dozen further stories have appeared. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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