Solitaire

Overview:

• Title: Solitaire
• Author: Karl Schroeder
• Year: 1992
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

An escaped political prisoner takes ship with a Solitaire, one of a species of highly intelligent, solitary aliens who lack language. In her travels with it she learns the real value of companionship, as well as what it means to be truly alone.

Notes:

Figment Magazine

Editions/Publications:

• 2005. The Engine of Recall (August 2005, Karl Schroeder Robert J. Sawyer Books, ISBN-10: 0889953236, $19.95, 271 pages, Hardcover, Collection)

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