Antes de vender millones de ejemplares y cosechar fama mundial por la saga Canción de Hielo y Fuego, George R. R. Martin publicó cuentos y novelas de fantasía, terror y ciencia ficción. Gracias a sus extraordinarias dotes narrativas y su capacidad magistral para crear mundos y personajes, se ha ganado el respeto de los lectores y la ovación de los jurados de los premios Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Awards y varios más. Este segundo volumen complementa lo mejor de la ciencia ficción de George R. R. Martin: relatos con escenarios futuristas y misiones espaciales extremas, el telón de fondo perfecto para extraterrestres que deben resolver situaciones absolutamente humanas. El genio inagotable del autor nos ofrece aquí clásicos como «La ciudad de piedra», «Esa torre de cenizas» o la novela corta «Viajeros de la noche», cuya atmósfera inquietante rodea a la tripulación de una nave controlada por un misterioso viajero, en una expedición para hallar a los volcryn, esa mítica raza de nómadas interestelares que nadie ha visto nunca.
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George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin, born on September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey, is a distinguished fantasy and science fiction writer. Son to Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and Margaret Brady Martin, he grew up with two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. Martin's passion for writing emerged early, selling monster stories to neighborhood kids, which later evolved into a keen interest in comic books during his high school years, where he also started writing fiction for comic fanzines. His first professional story, The Hero, was sold in 1970 at age 21 and published in Galaxy's February 1971 issue. After earning a B.S. and then a M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Martin served as a conscientious objector with VISTA, tied to the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation from 1972-1974, alongside directing chess tournaments and teaching journalism. His marriage to Gale Burnick in 1975 ended in divorce by 1979 without children. Martin transitioned to full-time writing in 1979, after a stint as writer-in-residence at Clarke College. In Hollywood, Martin contributed to Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast on CBS, later producing his own pilot, Doorways. Residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he's been actively involved with the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and the Writers' Guild of America, West.
