A Song for Lya

A Song for Lya is the first collection of stories by science fiction and fantasy writer George R. R. Martin, published as a paperback original by Avon Books in 1976. It was reprinted by different publishers in 1978 and in 2001. The title is sometimes rendered A Song for Lya and Other Stories. A Song for Lya won the 1977 Locus Poll as the year's best story collection.

Contents

 * 1) "With Morning Comes Mistfall" (Analog, 1973)
 * 2) "The Second Kind of Loneliness" (Analog, 1972)
 * 3) "Override" (Analog, 1973), novelette
 * 4) "Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels" (Vertex, 1973)
 * 5) "The Hero" (Galaxy, 1971)
 * 6) "FTA" (Analog, 1974)
 * 7) "Run to Starlight" (Amazing, 1974)
 * 8) "The Exit to San Breta" (Fantastic, 1972)
 * 9) "Slide Show" (Omega, 1973)
 * 10) "A Song for Lya" (Analog, 1974), novella

Reception
Spider Robinson reviewed the collection favorably, declaring that while a few stories were "duds," that "the good stuff in Song for Lya is so dazzingly good that it would cover a much greater multitude of sins".