Blooded on Arachne

Blooded on Arachne is a collection of science fiction stories by American author Michael Bishop. It was published in 1982 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,081 copies. The volume, Bishop's first short fiction collection, contains two novellas as well as two poems.

Blooded on Arachne

Dust-jacket illustration by Ron Walotsky for Blooded on Arachne
Author	Michael Bishop
Illustrator	GlennRay Tutor
Cover artist	Ron Walotsky
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories, poetry
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	January 1982
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	xiii, 338 pp
ISBN	0-87054-093-9
OCLC	7596853

Contents

1. Preface
2. "Among the Hominids at Olduvai" (poem)
3. "Blooded on Arachne"
4. "Cathadonian Odyssey"
5. "Effigies"
6. "The House of Compassionate Sharers"
7. "In Chinistrex Fortronza the People are Machines"
8. "Leaps of Faith"
9. "On the Street of the Serpents" (novella)
10. "Piñon Fall"
11. "Rogue Tomato"
12. "Spacemen and Gypsies"
13. "The White Otters of Childhood" (novella)
14. "For the Lady of a Physicist" (poem)

Reprints

New York: Timescape/Pocket (paperback), January 1983.

References

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. pp. 127–129. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 54.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 128. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.

External links

• Michael Bishop official website