Climbing Comparative Religion From the late 1970s until

From the late 1970s until his untimely death from AIDS in 2002

-- Sam Irvin

The collection includes all of the author's previously published short fiction set in the world of the Queen's Thief

and his own reflections on growing up gay in America

Climbing Comparative Religion From the late 1970s untilWritten by longtime climber Hil Malatino, Climbing explores the why of the sport, asking what pushes him and so many others to drag themselves to the gym and the crag time and again; to restructure their intimate lives around the pursuit of a new goal; and to devote thousands of hours forging their nerves to perform physical and mental feats while dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of feet off the ground. In chapters that explore gender, class, and