The Carpet Makers
( German title - Die Haarteppichknüpfer - 1995 )
novel by Andreas Eschbach
translated by Doryl Jensen
Published: Tor - hardback - 2005
ISBN: 0765305933 / 9780765305930
Tor - trade paperback - 2006
ISBN: 0765314908 / 9780765314901
Tor / SFBC - hardback - 2006
ISBN: none
titled 'The Hair-Carpet Weavers'
Penguin Classics Science Fiction - paperback - 2021
ISBN: 0241454719 / 9780241454718
Penguin Classics Science Fiction - e-book - 2021
eISBN: 0241454727 / 9780241454725
ASIN: B084939D9K
also:
The Carpetmaker's Son ( ie. the first chapter ) was included in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January, 2001
Published: Mercury Press, Inc. - magazine - 2001
ISBN: none
synopsis
Since the time of prehistory, carpet makers have tied intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of their makers' wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet- maker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. This art has descended from father to son since the beginning of time itself. But, one day, the empire of the God Emperor vanish...and strangers begin to arrive from the stars in search of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined...
awards
SFCD-Literature Prize, 1996
( German title - Die Haarteppichknüpfer - 1995 )
novel by Andreas Eschbach
translated by Doryl Jensen
Published: Tor - hardback - 2005
ISBN: 0765305933 / 9780765305930
Tor - trade paperback - 2006
ISBN: 0765314908 / 9780765314901
Tor / SFBC - hardback - 2006
ISBN: none
titled 'The Hair-Carpet Weavers'
Penguin Classics Science Fiction - paperback - 2021
ISBN: 0241454719 / 9780241454718
Penguin Classics Science Fiction - e-book - 2021
eISBN: 0241454727 / 9780241454725
ASIN: B084939D9K
also:
The Carpetmaker's Son ( ie. the first chapter ) was included in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January, 2001
Published: Mercury Press, Inc. - magazine - 2001
ISBN: none
synopsis
Since the time of prehistory, carpet makers have tied intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of their makers' wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet- maker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. This art has descended from father to son since the beginning of time itself. But, one day, the empire of the God Emperor vanish...and strangers begin to arrive from the stars in search of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined...
awards
SFCD-Literature Prize, 1996