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Washed by a Wave of Wind Science Fiction from the Corridor M. SHAYNE BELL, EDITOR Paperback. 400 Pages. / 1-56085-038-8 / AWARD FOR EDITING, ASSOCIATION FOR MORMON LETTERS This impressive anthology brings together twenty writers, most with national reputations--all with ties to the Intermountain West--who tell believable, near-future stories reflecting the region's subtleties. Their common setting is what is known as "The Corridor": the stretch of irrigable land between the Rocky Mountains and the Nevada-Utah desert, stretching from northern Idaho to mid-Arizona. In these stories, religious technocrats invade dreams, women mysteriously disappear, Anasazi ruins become latter-day refuges, earthquake predictions spoil an end-of-the-century party, and a fossilized dinosaur wreaks posthumous havoc. Each haunting story carries the depth of authenticity and the power of a twenty-first century construct. These are sophisticated, subversive, and prophetic tales which represent contemporary science fiction at its best. Among the contributors are: Glenn L. Anderson, Virginia Ellen Baker, Elizabeth H. Boyer, Orson Scott Card, D. William Shunn, Diann Thornley, and Dave Wolverton. In addition to the editor's introduction, a prologue by Barbara Hume sets the stage with "Strange Bedfellows--A History of Science Fiction in the Corridor."
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M. Shayne Bell is the author of Nicoji and editor of Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor. He is a contributing author to