Science Fiction Required Readings

23 Velvet Fields

(1973)

Anne McCaffrey

Silhouette of an open bookRead online

 

Anne McCaffrey is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series, which, with the dragons and all, should set her firmly in the fantasy genre. But fans know that that series takes a sci fi turn very quickly, and much of her other work roots firmly in SF, like this story.

Librarian Note

cover artOriginal publication info: Worlds of If, Nov/Dec 1973

Reprinted in “The Girl Who Heard Dragons” 1994.

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Sci-fi & Fantasy Anthology by Anne McCaffrey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Share This Book