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Nancy Etchemendy

Author of Power Of Un

14+ Works 426 Members 5 Reviews 1 Favorited

Series

The Watchers of Space

Works by Nancy Etchemendy

Power Of Un (2000) 318 copies

Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural (2002) 32 copies

The Watchers of Space (1980) 23 copies

Stranger from the Stars (1983) 20 copies

The Crystal City (1985) 16 copies

IL POTERE DI UNDO 4 copies

Nimitseahpah [short story] 3 copies

Das große Weihnachts-Buch der Phantasie (1991) 3 copies

Demolition [short story] 2 copies

Saints and Martyrs [short story] 1 copy

Double Silver Truth [short story] 1 copy

Werewife [short story] 1 copy

Dave Dickel's Historic Interview with the Father of the Hart Cart transcribed and annotated by Debbie Jean Locust 1 copy

Benbow [short story] 1 copy

Associated Works

American Gothic Tales (1996) — Contributor — 465 copies

The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors (1995) — Contributor — 247 copies

Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories (2010) — Contributor — 219 copies

The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural (2009) — Contributor — 201 copies

Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts: Tales to Haunt You (1994) — Contributor — 183 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection (1988) — Contributor — 182 copies

Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (1996) — Contributor — 142 copies

13 Scary Ghost Stories (2000) — Contributor — 131 copies

Enchanted Forests (1995) — Contributor — 113 copies

Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind (1996) — Contributor — 64 copies

Mysterious Cat Stories (1993) — Contributor — 61 copies

Shadows 8 (1985) — Contributor — 59 copies

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contributor — 46 copies

Xanadu 3 (1995) — Contributor — 39 copies

Land/Space: An Anthology of Prairie Speculative Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1990, Vol. 78, No. 3 (1990) — Author — 12 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1989, Vol. 77, No. 1 (1989) — Contributor — 9 copies

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1989, Vol. 76, No. 4 (1989) — Contributor — 9 copies

Bruce Coville's UFOs (2000) — Contributor — 8 copies

Rat Tales (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies

Sex Macabre (1996) — Contributor — 5 copies

Die wahre Lehre — nach Mickymaus (1993) — Contributor — 4 copies

New Altars (1996) — Contributor — 3 copies

Das Blei der Zeit (1993) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Gender: female
Places of residence: Menlo Park, California, USA
Relationships: Etchemendy, John (Husband)
Organizations: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Members

Discussions

Children's sci-fi from 1980's: Boy travels the stars in Name that Book (February 2009)

Reviews

Power Of Un by Nancy Etchemendy

What a book, even rereading it years later, it has a good solid feel to it. I read this as a kid and it's just such a joy to recall. One of those books you don't fully see everything until it all wraps up into a neat little package at the end.

Highly recommend.

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Yolken | 3 other reviews | Nov 6, 2019 |

Power Of Un by Nancy Etchemendy

time travel for third to fifth grade. Good look at the contradictions and troubles associated with trying to fix things.

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njcur | 3 other reviews | Feb 13, 2014 |

Power Of Un by Nancy Etchemendy

This fantasy book is about the dangerous business of tweaking time with a hand-held time-changing device called "the unner" that can undo specific events by going back in time. This creative idea, however, falls short with mostly stock characters that need to be more fully developed. The complicated themes and plot twists redeem the book as it examines powerful questions about ethics and personal power. It is a good way to get kids thinking about how to live with the mistakes we all make when we cannot change them.… (more)

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DeirdreHarris | 3 other reviews | Mar 27, 2008 |

Stranger from the stars by Nancy. Etchemendy

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Lists

Bram Stoker Award (2)

Awards

By Award By Work

Best Fiction for Young Adults

Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural (Selection – 2003)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 2004)

Sequoyah Book Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Children's – 2003)

Georgia Children's Book Award

Power Of Un (Winner – Grades 4-8 – 2003)

Kentucky Bluegrass Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2004)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2003)

South Dakota Children's Book Awards

Power Of Un (Nominee – Prairie Pasque – 2003)

Nutmeg Book Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Intermediate – 2004)

Bram Stoker Award

Nimitseahpah [short story] (Winner – Short Fiction – 2004)

Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural (Nominee – Work for Young Readers – 2002)

Demolition [short story] (Nominee – Long Fiction – 2001)

Power Of Un (Winner – Work for Young Readers – 2000)

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award

Power Of Un (Nominee)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – 2003)

Power Of Un (Nominee – 17125)

South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards

Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural (Nominee – 2003)

Grand Canyon Reader Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Intermediate – 2005)

Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists

Power Of Un (Winner – Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades – 2001)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Grades 4-6 – 2002)

ISFDB Top 100 Novels - Critical List

Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Power Of Un (Nominee – Division II - Grades 6-8 – 2004)

Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize

Power Of Un (Honor – 2000)

Statistics

Works: 14
Also by: 24
Members: 426
Popularity: #57,313
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 5
ISBNs: 20
Languages: 1
Favorited: 1

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