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Lädt ... Meeting in Infinity: Allegories & Extrapolations (1992)von John Kessel
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After receiving the Nebula Award in 1983 for his stunning nouvelle "Another Orphan, " John Kessel has written a group of stories that for sheer imaginative audacity defy conventional classification. In "The Pure Product" an amoral time-traveler embarks upon a harrowing joyride through the Midwest; "The Big Dream" is a 1920s hardboiled detective thriller in the Los Angeles of Raymond Chandler; while Faustfeathers" involves a head-on collision between Christopher Marlowe and the Marx Brothers. Dark visions both satiric and tragic, from the author of Good News from Outer Space: "The Pure Product, " "Mrs Schummel Exits A Winner, " "The Big Dream, " "The Lecturer, " "Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine, " "Faustfeathers, " "A Clean Escape, " "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!, " "Man, " "Invaders, " "Judgment Call, " "Buddha Nostril Bird, " "Another Orphan, " and "Buffalo." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I don't know if Jim Turner was trying to move Arkham House to a more mainstream small press publisher or more sci fi, or if he was just seeing excellent authors that didn't have a story collection and others that were were relatively unknown. The horror genre in general went through a decline in the 80s and early 90s so there may not have been a lot of good material to make whole collections out of. Arkham House did have a history of publishing, later to become famous authors', first story collections; for instance Ray Bradbury.
Arkham House suffered a noticeable decline after Turner left, with April Derleth not doing much except keeping the doors open; lots of second and third rate releases and retreads. I would say Arkham House's days as a leading small press publisher are probably long gone. Many others have left it far behind. However, a good editor could kick it in the ass and make it once again known as a quality brand since it still has the legacy of being a pioneering and great small press specialty genre publisher. ( )