Catherine Asaro (2 book) Publisher: Tor Books | 1998-2000 | FB2+PDF+RTF | 3 MB Catherine Asaro was born sometime in the late '50s (she wouldn't reveal just when) in Oakland, California. She received a B.S. in theoretical chemical physics at UCLA in 1978, and went on to Harvard, where she got an M.A. in physics in 1983, and a Ph.D in chemical physics in 1985. In 1987, she started teaching physics at Kenyon College. She left in 1990 to establish Molecudyne Research and spend most of her time as a freelance SF novelist. Her first professional sale appears to be the novelette ''Dance in Blue'' for anthology Christmas Forever (1993), edited by David Hartwell. She also edited and published her own fanzine, Mindsparks, in the early '90s. Tor published her first novel, Primary Inversion, in 1995, introducing the ''Skolian Empire'' saga which continued in Catch the Lightning (1996) – winner of the 1997 Sapphire Award for best SF romance and the UTC Award, Nebula nominee The Last Hawk (1997), and The Radiant Seas (1998). Her new book is The Veiled Web, a non-series thriller, and the next will be Ascendant Sun, in the ''Skolian Empire'' series. Her novella ''Aurora in Four Voices'' (Analog 12/98) was both a Hugo and Nebula nominee.
The Quantum Rose Publisher: Tor Books | ISBN: 0312890621 | 382 pages | 2000 | FB2+PDF+RTF The Quantum Rose is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast folktale in a science fiction setting. In the novel, Kamoj Argali, the governor of an impoverished province on the backward planet Balumil, is betrothed to Jax Ironbridge, ruler of a wealthy neighboring province, an arrangement made for political purposes to save her province from starvation and death. Havyrl (Vyrl) Lionstar, a prince of the titular Ruby Dynasty, comes to Balimul as part of a governmental plan to deal with the aftermath of an interstellar war. Masked and enigmatic, he has a reputation as a monster with Kamoj's people.
Aurora in Four Voices Publisher: Tor Books, 1st edition | ISBN: 0765306174 | 176 pages | 1998 | FB2+PDF+RTF On the planet Ansatz, Jato, a man imprisoned on false charges, and Soz, a powerful fighter meet and embark on a mission for freedom. This mission not only leads them away from Crankenshaft and his control over Jato, but also leads them close to one another.
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