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A. C. Tillyer
Autor von An A-Z of Possible Worlds (Boxed Set)
Werke von A. C. Tillyer
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Tillyer, A. C.
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Tillyer, Anne C.
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Wohnorte
- Manchester, England, UK
London, England, UK - Ausbildung
- University of Manchester
Central Manchester College
University of Westminster - Berufe
- documentary film editor
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Statistikseite
- Werke
- 1
- Mitglieder
- 11
- Beliebtheit
- #857,862
- Bewertung
- 4.5
- Rezensionen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 1
Tillyer's stories are of places, people, events in off-kilter versions of this world, a reality gone slightly awry, and not of the surreal or wholly fantastic--a city whose streets are disturbingly labyrinthine, a slumming visitor to a kingdom who is at great cost made king, a ring road of nearly hypnotic appeal and inexplicable danger, civilian astronauts whose time in space is televised as a reality show.
Not one of the stories is a dud and some are truly haunting: For a few years, something I'd read about an underwater city and charging horses now and again came to mind and I was delighted to find it again in 'R is for Reservoir'. Tillyer's style is straightforward and for the most part polished, her ability to pack so much matter into stories so short is admirable, and her imagination is something I covet. I'm surprised there are so few reviews of this, as though the book in no way resembles mass-market pap it seems like one that would have a very wide appeal amongst general readers.
The format of A-Z is fetching. Each story is a separate chap-book and all are contained in a box. This isn't a tricksy design decision but packaging inspired by and perfectly appropriate to the content that, it occurs to me, forced me to take a bit of time to let each story sink in, whereas had the book been conventionally bound I would have raced through it. The only slight let-down, at least to a geek who looks at copyright pages and credits on end flaps, is that the designer seems to receive no mention. The format might have been a group decision, but surely the letters of the alphabet weren't drawn by a committee.
No doubt I'll be reading this yet again.… (mehr)