<i>Space Is Just a Starry Night</i> is a collection of short fiction by Tanith Lee. Its tales range across genres, as elegant as the field of stars spanning a clear dark sky. A lone survivor of plague receives a mysterious visitor; a prison planet tortures political prisoners by methodically manipulating their memories; a young woman uncovers the ghastly truth about the cryogenically preserved ancestor who's been thawed; a ship's officer struggles with his suspicions about a shy, drab woman taking passage aboard a ship of sun-worshipers Tanith Lee explores these and other scenarios in her ever intense sensual prose. <br> Tanith Lee's work has long been noted for its masterful beauty and sensuality. Wierdifctionreview.com's list of 101 Weird writers slotted her in at #10, observing that ''Whatever her subject, Lee's vision is intense and feverish; like many of her characters, she seems to navigate the waters of unseen worlds. And it's difficult to resist the call of that spell; there's something haunting about these visions''
