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About the Author

Kage Baker was born in Hollywood, California on June 10, 1952. Her first novel, In the Garden of Iden, was published in 1997. She was a science fiction and fantasy writer, who was best known for The Company series. Her other works included Mendoza in Hollywood (2000), House of the Stag (2009), and show more the short story Caverns of Mystery (2009). The Empress of Mars (2003) won the Theodore Sturgeon Award. She died from uterine cancer on January 31, 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

The Company

Anvil of the World

Nell Gwynne's

Works by Kage Baker

Popular Recent

In the Garden of Iden (1997) 1,732 copies

Sky Coyote (1999) 909 copies

The Anvil of the World (2003) 807 copies

Mendoza in Hollywood (2006) 780 copies

The Life of the World to Come (2004) 746 copies

The Graveyard Game (2001) 657 copies

The Children of the Company (1996) 581 copies

The Machine's Child (2006) 555 copies

Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2004) — Author — 489 copies

The Sons of Heaven (2007) 483 copies

The Empress of Mars (2009) 402 copies

Gods and Pawns (2007) 394 copies

The House of the Stag (2008) 288 copies

Not Less Than Gods (2010) 255 copies

Mother Aegypt and Other Stories (2005) 245 copies

The Bird of the River (2010) 206 copies

The Hotel Under the Sand (2009) 203 copies

The Women of Nell Gwynne's (2009) 193 copies

Rude Mechanicals (2007) 193 copies

Dark Mondays (2006) 151 copies

Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (2008) 116 copies

In the Company of Thieves (2013) 112 copies

Scarlet Spy (2010) 111 copies

The Best of Kage Baker (2012) 110 copies

On Land and at Sea (2012) 80 copies

The Empress of Mars {novella} (1605) 77 copies

On Company Time (1999) 73 copies

Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen (2012) — Author — 55 copies

In Bad Company (2001) 55 copies

Company Men (2005) 50 copies

The Angel in the Darkness (2003) 32 copies

The Company They Keep (2007) 32 copies

The Books (2012) 20 copies

Where the Golden Apples Grow (2013) 14 copies

Noble Mold [short story] (1997) 10 copies

Son, Observe the Time {novella} (1999) 10 copies

Speed, Speed the Cable [short story] (2008) 10 copies

Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst (2007) 9 copies

Facts Relating to the Arrest of Dr. Kalugin 8 copies

The Fourth Branch 8 copies

The Wreck of the Gladstone 8 copies

Maelstrom (2007) 7 copies

The Ruby Incomparable 7 copies

Lemuria Will Rise! (1998) 7 copies

Standing In His Light 7 copies

The Literary Agent (1998) 7 copies

The Dust Enclosed Here [short story] (2001) 6 copies

Her Father's Eyes 6 copies

Plotters and Shooters 6 copies

A Night on the Barbary Coast 5 copies

The Queen in the Hill 5 copies

Hellfire at Twilight 5 copies

Miss Yahoo Has Her Say 5 copies

Maelstrom and Other Martian Tales 4 copies

Mother Aegypt [short story] 4 copies

Hanuman [short story] (2002) 4 copies

The Catch 4 copies

What the Tyger Told Her 4 copies

Smart Alec 4 copies

How They Tried to Talk Indian Tony Down 4 copies

The Two Old Men [short story] (2000) 4 copies

Pueblo, Colorado Has the Answers [short story] (2001) 4 copies

The Green Bird (2009) 4 copies

I Begin as I Mean to Go On [short story] 3 copies

Katherine's Story (2001) 3 copies

Studio Dick Drowns Near Malibu [short story] (2001) 3 copies

The Bohemian Astrobleme 3 copies

Leaving His Cares Behind Him 3 copies

Merry Christmas from Navarro Lodge, 1928 [short story] (2000) 3 copies

The Likely Lad 3 copies

To the Land Beyond the Sunset 3 copies

The Hotel at Harlan's Landing 3 copies

Nightmare Mountain [short story] (2003) 2 copies

Old Flat Top 2 copies

The Two Old Women [short story] (2005) 2 copies

Pareidolia {novelette} (2015) 2 copies

The Summer People [short story] (2001) 2 copies

The Queen in Yellow 2 copies

The Bad Machine [short story] (2005) 2 copies

Caverns of Mystery 2 copies

The Young Master [short story] (2000) 2 copies

The Applesauce Monster [short story] 2 copies

Monster Story 2 copies

The Faithful [novelette] 1 copy

Il figlio della macchina (Urania) 1 copy

Facts Relating to the Arrest of Dr. Kalugin (Published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Oct/Nov 1997) 1 copy

Il figlio della compagnia del tempo (Urania) 1 copy

The Literary Agent published in Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1998) 1 copy

The Ruby Incomparable (published in Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy) 1 copy

The Carpet Beds of Sutro Park 1 copy

Where the Golden Apples Grow (published in Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space) 1 copy

'The Company' Stories 1 copy

The Ruined Vacation 1 copy

Are You Afflicted With Dragons? 1 copy

Calamari Curls 1 copy

Attlee And The Long Walk 1 copy

The Caravan from Troon [short story] 1 copy

Running the Snake 1 copy

Introduction: The Hounds of Zeus 1 copy

Basic Faire Language Guide: or Mothers Wit's Book of Extempore Speech: being of no small benifit to the divers citizens… 1 copy

Desolation Rose [short story] (1999) 1 copy

The Briscian Saint [short story] (2003) 1 copy

The Unfortunate Gytt [short story] (2005) 1 copy

Company Man 1 copy

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Associated Works

Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2007) — Contributor — 783 copies

The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (2003) — Contributor — 770 copies

Songs of the Dying Earth (2009) — Contributor — 633 copies

The Time Traveller's Almanac (2013) — Contributor — 569 copies

The New Space Opera (2007) — Contributor — 554 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (2004) — Contributor — 534 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (2005) — Contributor — 531 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000) — Contributor — 511 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003) — Contributor — 492 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (2008) — Contributor — 477 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection (2007) — Contributor — 434 copies

The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2009) — Contributor — 397 copies

Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology (2008) — Contributor — 355 copies

Fast Ships, Black Sails (2008) — Contributor — 312 copies

The Book of Cthulhu (2011) — Contributor — 303 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection (2011) — Contributor — 298 copies

Sympathy for the Devil (2010) — Contributor — 285 copies

Year's Best SF 9 (2004) — Contributor — 257 copies

The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF (2010) — Contributor — 239 copies

Year's Best SF 13 (2008) — Contributor — 191 copies

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction (2013) — Contributor — 183 copies

The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF (2013) — Contributor — 170 copies

Year's Best Fantasy 2 (2002) — Contributor — 170 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 152 copies

Revisions (2004) — Contributor — 149 copies

Year's Best Fantasy 3 (2003) — Contributor — 133 copies

The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction (2019) — Contributor — 131 copies

Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (2007) — Contributor — 130 copies

Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian (2003) — Contributor — 126 copies

Year's Best Fantasy 5 (2005) — Contributor — 122 copies

Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space (2006) — Contributor — 106 copies

Sideways In Crime (2008) — Contributor — 100 copies

Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier (2011) — Contributor — 98 copies

Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore (2017) — Contributor — 96 copies

After the End: Recent Apocalypses (2013) — Contributor; Contributor — 88 copies

The Best of Subterranean (2017) — Contributor — 75 copies

From the Files of the Time Rangers (2005) — Introduction, some editions — 73 copies

Time Travel: Recent Trips (2014) — Contributor — 72 copies

Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000) — Contributor — 69 copies

New Voices In Science Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 66 copies

Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy (2008) — Author — 58 copies

The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits (2007) — Contributor — 58 copies

Best Short Novels 2004 (2004) — Contributor — 57 copies

Space Opera (2007) — Contributor — 54 copies

Futures Past (Flights) (2006) — Contributor — 52 copies

Year's Best Fantasy 8 (2007) — Contributor — 48 copies

The Silver Gryphon (2003) — Author — 42 copies

The Book of Dreams (2010) — Contributor — 42 copies

Year's Best Fantasy 9 (2009) — Contributor — 34 copies

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 30 copies

Poe's Lighthouse (2006) — Contributor — 28 copies

Best Short Novels 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 25 copies

The Mammoth Book of the Mummy (2017) — Contributor — 25 copies

Best American Fantasy 2 (2009) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Book of Silverberg (2014) — Contributor — 18 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 3 [March 2000] (2000) — Contributor — 13 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 7 [July 2000] (2000) — Contributor — 12 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 12 [December 2000] (2000) — Contributor — 12 copies

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 2 (2004) — Contributor — 9 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 23, No. 5 [May 1999] (1999) — Author — 9 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 25, No. 1 [January 2001] (2001) — Contributor — 9 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 138 (March 2018) (2018) — Contributor — 7 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 25, No. 8 [August 2001] (2001) — Contributor — 6 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 25, No. 12 [December 2001] (2001) — Contributor — 5 copies

Amazing Stories Vol. 71, No. 2 [Summer 1999] (1999) — Contributor — 3 copies

Realms of Fantasy, August 2003 (Vol. 9 No. 6) (2003) 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Baker, Kate Genevieve
Birthdate: 1952-06-10
Date of death: 2010-01-31
Burial location: body donated to medical science
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
Place of death: Pismo Beach, California, USA
Cause of death: cancer (uterine)
Occupations: science fiction and fantasy writer
artist
actor
director
teacher
history re-enactor
Relationships: Bartholomew, Kathleen (sister)
Organizations: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Living History Centre
Agent: Linn Prentis Literary

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Reviews

Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company by Kage Baker

Not what I was expecting. Very slow build up followed by lots of action at the very end.

½

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cmbohn | 23 other reviews | May 1, 2024 |

The Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker

I'm not sure how to describe this book. I enjoyed it a lot. I purchased it new not long after it was published and shortly before the author's untimely death. I didn't realize it was a children's book because the author had been writing fantasy and science fiction for adults. I set is aside not intending to wait 14 years before reading it!

I'd guess this is written with a ten year old audience in mind, but I certainly enjoyed it as an aging adult and think it is one of the sweetest children's books I have read in a very long while. An adventure story with a treasure hunt, and very memorable characters. It has many pen and ink drawings which took me a while to appreciate. Nice short chapters that let me read this easily at my leisure. Recommended… (more)

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RBeffa | 12 other reviews | Feb 29, 2024 |

The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker

This is a weird one. The general format is chapter-long episodes of "be careful what you wish for... you'll get it," but instead of gradually going to hell, things actually get better as plot bumps along. Increasingly complicated, but better.

Easily the best part of this book is the setting. The entertainingly and lovingly dysfunctional Martian colony manages to toe a narrow line between the hackneyed utopian-or-dystopian space colonies of other sci-fi.

The elements of magical realism kicking in at the end didn't come out of nowhere, but they were unexpected and didn't do it for me. I think I'd have to go back and reread the whole book through that filter for it to work.… (more)

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caedocyon | 19 other reviews | Feb 23, 2024 |

The Empress of Mars (The Company) by Kage Baker

This was one of the best books I read in 2010. I think Baker did a marvelous job of creating plausible details of what colonizing Mars would be like, tackling the economics behind such an endeavor (at least better than anyone else I've read), and sketching out likable and believable characters. If I ever re-read this (and I think it is likely I will do so), I will revise my rating to 5 stars.
Update (3/29/2013) - So, I re-read it and gladly give it five stars. It was every bit as enjoyable the second time around as it was the first. But my enjoyment was tempered by the knowledge of Baker's death, and regretting that there will never be a sequel.… (more)

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Treebeard_404 | 19 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |

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