Tea With The Black Dragon

This is something of an unusual fantasy in that the fantasy elements are indeed visible, including dragons, but it's very rooted in the 1980s. Macavoy is very decided about her use of specific technology that was available in the early part of that decade. The story starts when Martha gets an airline ticket from her daughter Elizabeth. Their relationship has been hit and miss for years, with Elizabeth only calling in the middle of the night and only by phone. Martha heads to San Francisco to find out what's wrong with her daughter, but gets nowhere. She does meet Mayland Long, who is immediately attracted to Martha. They start to look into Elizabeth's location and her life for the past several years. However, Martha is kidnapped and now the smitten Mr. Long has to find her and solve the mystery. Why It Made the List MacAvoy won the Campbell Award for best new writer and the Locus Award for best first novel with this book. The book was also nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the Nebula and the Hugo. Tea with the Black Dragon also received special citation for the Philip K. Dick Award. Not bad for the first time out of the gate. 'Read It If You Like' Chinese culture, fantasy, early computers, amateur sleuths