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| Genre/Form: | Short stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Geoff Ryman |
| ISBN: | 9781931520645 193152064X |
| OCLC Number: | 601132633 |
| Description: | 313 p. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The film-makers of Mars -- The last ten years in the life of Hero Kai -- Birth days -- VAO -- The future of science fiction -- Omnisexual -- Home -- Warmth -- Everywhere -- No bad thing -- Talk is cheap -- Days of wonder -- You -- K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo's career) -- Pol Pot's beautiful daughter -- Blocked. |
| Responsibility: | Geoff Ryman. |
Abstract:
A collection that ranges from present-day Cambodia to the far future: this is science fiction and fantasy with a heart.
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"Paradise Tales includes one of the most powerful stories I've read in the last 10 years."<br>--"New York Times"<br><br>"In the best of Ryman's fiction, the world unfolds in ways that are at once astonishing and thoroughly thought out, both radically disorienting and emotionally powerful."<br>--Gary K. Wolfe, "Locus"<br><br>"Often contemplative and subtly ironic, the 16 stories in this outstanding collection work imaginative riffs on a variety of fantasy and SF themes.... Readers of all stripes will appreciate these thoughtful tales."<br>--"Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review) Read more...
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