β Scribed by Terry Bisson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the gentle fantasies that include the wry title story--winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards--to ecological allegories; a horrific novelette about experimental excursions into the realm of death; and a first-contact mini-epic, this collection of short fiction showcases the wide range of Bisson's powerful talent. In every piece, Bisson's characters are just as absurd as their fantastic landscape, yet thoroughly ordinary, recognizable, and authentic. His pack of scientists, artists, rednecks, insurance salesmen, astronauts, truck drivers, owlish British gentlemen, and others will stay with you like your best friends and quirkiest relations.
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Im not myself. Im messier. Dangerous. Im numb and chaotic with a dash of self-destructive. I know the truth about my brothers death, but it doesnt bring me comfort. Who wants to believe the girl with a dud gun in her purse and prescription pills in her palm? Young and I are crash
**"Candid, cunning, brave, and wickedly funny," these stories "will make you remember the first time you read Philip Roth" (Salvatore Scibona).** Set it the Jewish communities of Georgiaβfrom the 1920s to the present dayβthis Mary McCarthy Prize-winning collection investigates the crossroads
### From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Updike compresses the strata of a life in his delicately rendered, tremendously moving posthumous collection. In Free, the memory of a life-affirming affair buckles against a man's loyalty to his deceased wife: he recognizes that becoming a well-bred stick
### From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Updike compresses the strata of a life in his delicately rendered, tremendously moving posthumous collection. In Free, the memory of a life-affirming affair buckles against a man's loyalty to his deceased wife: he recognizes that becoming a well-bred stick
The used-car salesman -- The troll -- Of forbidden memories -- The bench by the lake -- Life over two beers -- The reunion -- The caretaker -- Before you judge me -- The conference call -- The intellectuals -- Waiting at the time of cow-dust -- Books -- Exile -- A revolution in humours -- Drivers --