Stars: The Anthology: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian

Janis Ian and 30 top science fiction writers team up to create an astonishing book of original short fiction.�STARS � is a huge anthology in both volume and talent. Each story, available only here, is based on a�Janis�Ian song� that meant something special to the author, who then wrote the story�expressly for STARS, creating a meld of jazz, prose and science fiction found nowhere else �a treasure trove for fans of both SF and�Janis�Ian! Also, this edition of STARS features an original new story by Michael Swanwick, �For I Have Lain Me Down on The Stone of Loneliness and I�ll Not Be Back Again,� based on �Mary�s Eyes,� a Janis Ian song that has always moved him to tears.� STARS was compiled and edited by Mike Resnick and�Janis�Ian and includes stories by Nebula winners and science fiction greats such as Joe Haldeman, Jane Yolen, Gregory Benford, Orson Scott Card, and more.���It also includes Ian's first original story, "Prayerville." �As Janis herself says, "The stories have heart. They have life. They have truth. They move me. As an artist, I can ask for nothing more." � Janis�Ian began her career�as a singer-songwriter�in the 1960s�with "Society's Child."�In 1975, she won�her first�Grammy Award for�the self-penned�song, "At Seventeen."�Since then she has had #1 hits all over the world, sold more than 10 million albums, and had her songs recorded by such�diverse artists as Bette Midler, Roberta Flack, and John Mellencamp. She shows no signs of slowing down, recently beginning yet another career as an audio book narrator (which earned her a ninth nomination and second Grammy in 2013 for�Society's Child: My Autobiography). Among her current projects are�The Tiny Mouse,�her first children's book; a series of master classes with the Stella Adler School; tours of Europe, the United Kingdom, and Japan, a young adult novel, and a series of new recordings.�