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Lädt ... The Changed Manvon Orson Scott Card
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I loved OSC as a teenager and these stories still give a lot to think about. I'd say most of these are not fun, not always science fiction, but they are more experiments on humanity. Usually they touch on guilt, selfishness, indulgence, and realizing what matters most, but too late. It's also fun to see how often OSC mentions Mormons or Utah, but doesn't shy away from cursing or sex. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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This first volume in a five-volume anthology of Orson Scott Card's short stories features eleven chilling tales that provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination A sinful man finally faces his conscience in the form of a baby-like creature that haunts his waking hours. A thrill-seeking playboy uses a time machine to experience the excitement of death without actually dying... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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In his introduction, he talks about the delineations between dread, terror, and horror, and goes on rather sententiously about how horror is just about the blood and gore and nastiness, and how HIS (superior) stories are all about the "dread."
Then, the first story in the collection ("Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory") features an inhuman monster baby with suckers that create running sores, slime, blood, pus, said "baby" being hacked apart with a knife, shoved down a toilet, etc... In other words, as much gore and goo as in any story I've ever come across....
So... HMMM.
Of course, the story isn't all about the gross-out factor, it's about guilt and nasty people getting the punishment that coming to them, even when other people forgive them their sins. But you know what? Very little horror isn't actually "about" something, if one actually reads it.
Anyway, Card is a good writer, and many of these stories are very good. However, some do get annoyingly moralizing, especially "Closing the Timelid," which, as Card himself states in his Afterword, is "a homily against hedonism." As a pro-hedonist, obviously, I disagree! ( )