Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson

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Summary: Remembering the Home... again
Review: I have loved the stories of the People since I was a child. Now over 40, I can still laugh, cry and dream about them. Through the years, I have told so many others about the People, and all have loved them as I have. I know that I will read and reread these stories, and share them with others, until the day that I, too, am called back into the Presence. The stories of the People are life-changing and profound. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

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Summary: Thanks
Review: I lent my Z.Henderson books to my local minister to "stir" his complacency. They were never returned. I managed to recollect them by assiduously hunting through secon-hand book stores. I THRILLED to be able to get the People stories, from Amazon. Each time I read them I cry at the wonderful beauty of the sensitivity of the people. I am an avid SF fan but this books transcends all those. I would like to classify as essential reading. Oh for some more. Thanks must go to the compilers

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Summary: Thanks
Review: I lent my Z.Henderson books to my local minister to "stir" his complacency. They were never returned. I managed to recollect them by assiduously hunting through secon-hand book stores. I THRILLED to be able to get the People stories, from Amazon. Each time I read them I cry at the wonderful beauty of the sensitivity of the people. I am an avid SF fan but this books transcends all those. I would like to classify as essential reading. Oh for some more. Thanks must go to the compilers

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Summary: Who wants to be super-good?
Review: I must say that I read the book by accident. I was browsing through the store and the cover attracted me. Review-wise.. It was an excellent book of dream. Basically it was only another form of romance genre aimed specifically for women. Since I'a a MAN, i cant quite adentify myself with so much mushy-mushy. P.S. My niece (15) cries her eyes out over it.

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Summary: the most enduring of all sf stories.
Review: I started reading science fiction when I was a Boy Scout, and discovered Zenna Henderson's stories of the People just before I graduated from high school, nearly 30 years ago. Reading the Golden Age sf authors (such as Asimov, Clarke and Heinlein) led me to my engineering career, but the warmth and depth in ZH's stories have stayed with me the longest. Of all the stories I have read, only J.R.R. Tolkien's short story "Smith of Wootton Major" seems to be in the same league with these. If I could take the works of only one sf author with me to a desert island, I would choose Zenna Henderson's <<Ingathering>>.

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Summary: An unforgettable book
Review: I too read some of these stories years ago, and always remembered them. Finding them gathered together was a joy. The combination of these familiar and strange people, with their wonderful abilities, living in the deserts, canyons and mountains of the Southwest, is fascinating. I wish they would land on my hill in Vermont!

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Summary: This book saved my life!
Review: I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a copy of PILGRIMAGE when I was in the darkest point in my life. This book's gentle optimism really gave me strength when I most needed it. I was really delighted to learn that PILGRIMAGE and THE PEOPLE: NO DIFFERENT FLESH had been gathered up with the rest of the People stories in such a lovely new edition

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Summary: At last I can read these beautiful stories again..
Review: I was introduced to these stories of The People by my mother and they have haunted me ever since with their sensitive beautiful ideas....but what's haunted me the most is I couldn't get hold of these books anywhere in the UK. I have searched high and low but to no avail. At last I have discovered how to get hold of them...hope the international mail doesn't take too long....I can't wai

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Summary: Stories that become your best friends
Review: I was thrilled to see other people had read and remembered......These books guided my life and made me seek out the good in others.. I hope to someday encounter them.

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Summary: A very special race of people make the earth their home.
Review: I will never forget the first time I read these stories. My father introduced me to the People. I have read the stories over and over and still mourn that Zenna Henderson didn't write more. These are timeless stories that deal with the great issues of good literature: love, hate, goodness, generosity, self-sacrifice, identity, loyalty, and integrity. Every young person should read them and every older person should re-read them!