Strange Toys

1987 novel by Patricia Geary

Strange Toys

Spectra Special Editions cover.

Author| Patricia Geary
Language| English
Genre| Fantasy
Publisher| Bantam Spectra

Publication date

| 1987
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (Paperback)
Pages| 248
ISBN| 0-553-26872-4
OCLC| 16075102

Strange Toys is a fantasy novel by American writer Patricia Geary, published in 1987. It won the Philip K. Dick Award that year.[1][2]

Ursula Le Guin included it (as well as Geary's Living in Ether) in her selections of "Unjustly Neglected Works of Science Fiction" for a 1993 survey carried out by the journal Science Fiction Studies.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Selected science-fiction and fantasy awards. In Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, (3rd edn) (Paul Di Filippo, ed.) , p. 1392 (Salem Press; 2017) ISBN 978-1-68217-279-7
2. ^ Peter Nicholls (July 3, 2023). Fantasy. In The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th edn)
3. ^ The Editors (1993). Unjustly Neglected Works of Science Fiction. Science Fiction Studies 20 (3): 422–432 JSTOR 4240282

## Reviews

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* See, Carolyn (August 8, 1987). Witchcraft Power Is Power. Los Angeles Times, p. 5

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