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Lädt ... The Other Nineteenth Century (2002)von Avram Davidson
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A very mixed collection of stories, though most are roughly nineteenth century in setting --though by no means our nineteenth century. Just the fact that it includes one uncollected Dr. Esterhazy story ("The Odd Old Bird') would make it worthwhile for me. Davidson was an extraordinary writer with a great gift for language, though some stories are too sad for my taste. ( ) Fascinating collection from a too-little known author of genre-crossing works. As one of the editors states, "Davidson's works were often deeper than they were long" and this collection is a pretty good example of that. The longest story probably tops out at 30+ pages, but in those brief passages Davidson manages to create entire worlds, alternate histories, fiendish conspiracies, and strange magicks. Some of the stories are fascinatingly obtuse. They appear to be going nowhere and suddenly, in the last few paragraphs everything gels in a way that makes you wonder what you missed in your cluelessness. (Or as I described elsewhere, the feeling is as of being handed a jigsaw puzzle piece by piece and then being allowed a glimpse at the picture on the front of the box.) Others play like delightful shaggy dog stories, odd meanderings while Davidson has fun with language, literary or historical figures, or genre conventions. On the whole, a delightful collection of stories from a fascinatingly original writer. An eccentric collection by an exceedingly eccentric author. It's an excellent volume to pair with The Avram Davidson Treasury. Most of these stories are weirdly skewed peeks at a recent past that never quite was or just might have been. In the Davidson tradition, some stories are impenetrable, and you put the book down shaking your head. Others (like Twenty Three, The Peninsula, and Dragon Skin Drum) are just brilliant. Davidson fans will certainly want to own this. Newcomers might want to start with the Treasury (or might I suggest The Phoenix and the Mirror?). Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A New Collection of Long Out-of-Print Stories From One of the Greatest Fantasists of the Twentieth Century Avram Davidson, who died in 1993, was widely regarded as one of the most outstanding authors of short fantasy fiction in our time. This collection comprises his distinctive historical fantasies-tales of strange Mitteleuropas, of magic in Victorian England and on the American frontier. Here are "The Lineaments of Gratified Desire," "Traveller from an Antique Land," and "What Strange Stars and Skies"; here are dragons, cameras, and "The Singular Incident of the Dog on the Beach." Witty, whimsical, dark, and strange, these tales of times and places that almost were will leave even the most jaded readers amazed. No one has ever written like Avram Davidson, before or since. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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