Book description
The ability to see other-dimensional rings that float in Earth's
atmosphere was a late mutation of a few space-age humans. Daryl was
under the care of the institution for muters, and she had discovered
that if you jumped through the right ring at the right time it would
land you in another dimensional world and another shape.
Spaceling is the story of Daryl's desperate efforts to unravel the
mystery of why she was being held captive and of what was really going
on in a certain alien dimension. Because she was sure it was all bad and
that someday everyone would thank her for the revelation.
But instead everyone was engaged in a wild effort to hold her down, to
keep her on this Earth, and to keep the world simply intact! Doris
Peserchia (1928 - )
Doris Piserchia was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, where she grew up
as part of a large family. She attended Fairmont State College and
worked as a lifeguard while earning a teacher's degree in Physical
Education. Upon graduating in 1950, Piserchia realised that she didn't
want to become a teacher and so instead joined the Navy, where she
served for four years. It was during her time studying for a Master's
degree in educational psychology at the University of Utah that she
discovered science fiction and began to write, although her works were
not published until 1966, beginning with the humorous short story
'Rocket to Gehenna'. Despite her military experience, age, and
preference for older SF, she is often associated with the New Wave, with
her works being described as 'darkly comic' by admirers. Piserchia has
not published any new work since 1983.
