Eleanor Arnason

Eleanor A(twood) Arnason (born 1942) is an American author of science fiction novels and short stories. Her work often depicts cultural change and conflict, usually from the viewpoint of characters who cannot or will not live by their own societies' rules. This anthropological focus has led many to compare her fiction to that of Ursula K. Le Guin.

Arnason has won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and the Mythopoeic Award (both for A Woman of the Iron People), the Spectrum Award (for "Dapple") and the HOMer Award (for "Stellar Harvest"). She also won the Gaylactic Network Spectrum Award in 2000.

She lives in Minnesota.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Sword Smith (1978) (first novel)
• To the Resurrection Station (1986) (2d novel)
• Daughter of the Bear King (1987)
• A Woman of the Iron People (1991)
• Ring of Swords (1993)

Short Story Collections

• Ordinary People: A Collection (2005)

Short stories

Hwarhath stories

• "The Hound of Merin" (1993)
• "The Lovers" (1994)
• "The Semen Thief" (1994)
• "The Small Black Box of Morality" (1996)
• "The Gauze Banner" (1998)
• "Feeding the Mother: A Hwarhath Religious Anecdote" (1998)
• "Dapple: A Hwarhath Historical Romance" (1999)
• "The Actors" (1999)
• "Origin Story" (2000)
• "The Potter of Bones" (2002)
• "The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance" (2004)

Lydia Duluth stories

• "Stellar Harvest" (1999)
• "The Cloud Man" (2000)
• "Lifeline" (2001)
• "Moby Quilt" (2001)

Selected other stories

• "The Warlord of Saturn's Moons" (1974)
• "The Dog's Story" (1996)
• "The Grammarian's Five Daughters" (1999)
• "Knapsack Poems" (2002)

Further reading

From the author

• Eleanor Arnason's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
• Eleanor Arnason website

Articles

• Ruth Berman, "An Arnason Note", Last Homely Hearth #8 (August, 1981)
• Elise Matthesen, "Vampires and Aliens: Pam Keesey and Eleanor Arnason", Lavendar Lifestyles, 11/24/1995

References and databases

• Sharon Yntema, More Than 100 Woman Science Fiction Writers (1988)
• FantasticFiction.co.uk