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A Rose For Ecclesiastes Roger Zelazny
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His classic short story "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" has already gotten him into a hall of fame, as it was reprinted in the anthology The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One. A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny If I should name my top-10 favorite short stories, this one would be high on the list. I was in college when I discovered Roger Zelazny, reading “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” in a class. By any other name would smell as sweet (Act II, Scene ii). Actually I recommend pretty much all Zelazny except the execrable “madwand” stuff. At the 1992 Worldcon in Orlando, the original cover art of Roger Zelazny's “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” was on display in the art show. Erudite critics may detect a subtle element of homage to Roger Zelazny's classic 1964 short story, 'A Rose for Ecclesiastes'. Just from eyeballing the list without using any kind of tallies, “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny got the most recommendations, with three. I really enjoyed it and thought about reading more from the author. I think the poet in the spaceship is a reference to Roger Zelazny's “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” which I strongly recommend. The tale of contact between two cultures. Here's a link to cover: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rose_for_Ecclesiastes. I think the participants consciously tried to avoid the obvious classics.