Kij Johnson (Author of The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe)

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Kij Johnson

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January 01, 1960

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Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, project manager working on the Microsoft Reader, and managing editor of Real Networks. She is Associate Director for the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas, and serves as a final judge for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Johnson is the author of three novels and more than 38 short works of fiction. She is best known for her adaptations of Heian-era Japanese myths. She won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short story of 1994 for her novelette in Asimov's, "Fox Magic." In 2001, she won the Internationa ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 21,876 ratings · 3,813 reviews · 104 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe 3.85 avg rating — 4,870 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories 4.05 avg rating — 2,567 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ponies 3.64 avg rating — 1,949 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fox Woman (Love/War/Death, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,738 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fudoki (Love/War/Death, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles by Kij Johnson, Goni Montes (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 858 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon's Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, #38) by Kij Johnson, Greg Cox 3.47 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Bridged the Mist 3.88 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss 4.18 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River Bank: A Sequel to Kenneth Grahame鈥檚 The Wind in the Willows by Kij Johnson, Kathleen Jennings (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Love/War/Death (3 books)
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Goni Montes (Illustrator)

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Quotes by Kij Johnson (?)

“I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I am so alone, I do not have to be any of these things.

For this moment, I am wholly myself, unshaped by the needs of others, by their dreams or expectations or sensibilities.

But I am also lonely. With no one to shape me, who stands here, watching the moon, or the stars, or the clouds?”
― Kij Johnson, The Fox Woman

tags: expectations, life, lonely, others, truth

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“Happiness is the pleasantest of emotions; because of this, it is the most dangerous. Having once felt happiness, one will do anything to maintain it, and losing it, one will grieve.”
― Kij Johnson, The Fox Woman

tags: emotions, happiness

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“Cats have a sort of game they play when they meet. A player alternates between watching the strange cat and ignoring her, grooming or examining everything around herself - a dead leaf, a cloud - with complete absorption. It is almost accidental how the two cats approach, a sidelong step and then the sitting again. This often ends in a flurry of spitting and slashing claws, too fast to see clearly, and then one or the other (or both) of the cats leap out of range. The game can have one exchange or many - and is not so different from the first meetings of women.”
― Kij Johnson, Fudoki

tags: cats

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Polls

June 2017 "Underrated" Fantasy

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

42 votes, 32.3%

Arcadia by Iain Pears

40 votes, 30.8%

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

18 votes, 13.8%

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

15 votes, 11.5%

Fudoki by Kij Johnson

15 votes, 11.5%

130 total votes

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