Synopsis
History
First publication: Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1974
1974 Nebula finalist for best novella.
1975 Hugo winner for best novella.
Review
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1974, edited by Ben Bova, magazine, Conde Nast, 1974-06-00
The 1975 Annual World’s Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, hardcover, DAW Books / SFBC, 1975-09-00
A Song for Lya and Other Stories, paperback, Avon, 1976-02-00
All of the stories in the Thousand Worlds series:
Dying of the Light
The Hero
A Song for Lya
And Seven Times Never Kill Man
The Runners
This Tower of Ashes
Starlady
In the House of the Worm
The Stone City
Bitterblooms
The Way of Cross and Dragon
Sandkings
The Glass Flower
Men of Greywater Station