The Bible Repairman and Other Stories
Gathering darkly fantastic short fiction previously available only in limited editions, this collection explores the mysteries of souls--whether they are sacrificed on the pinnacle of Mount Parnassus or lodged in a television cable box. In a Kabbalistic tale of transformation, the executor of an old friend's will is almost duped into housing his soul. In a tale of time travel between 2015 and 1975, a tragedy sparked by an angel falling onto a pizza shop is reenacted--and the event is barely, but fatally, altered. The cornerstone of the collection is a postscript to the harrowing novel of the haunting of the Romantic poets, The Stress of Her R…
Mehr
CHF 21.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V106:
Fremdlagertitel. Lieferzeit unbestimmt
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61696-047-6
- EAN: 9781616960476
- Produktnummer: 11190180
- Verlag: Tachyon Pubn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 170 S.
- Masse: H21.4 cm x B13.9 cm x D1.5 cm 196 g
- Gewicht: 196
Über den Autor
Tim Powers has been compared to Michael Crichton, Neal Stephenson, and Clive Barker and was lauded by Kirkus as the reigning king of adult historical fantasy.” His novel Declare, a supernatural secret history of post-WWII espionage, won the 2001 World Fantasy and the International Horror Guild awards. He is the two-time recipient of the Philip K. Dick Award for The Anubis Gates and Dinner at Deviant’s Palace and a three-time Locus Award winner for Last Call, Expiration Date, and Earthquake Weather. His latest novel, Hide Me Among the Graves, is a sequel to his classic supernatural thriller, The Stress of Her Regard. Powers has taught at the Clarion Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop and has co-taught the Writers of the Future Workshop with Algis Budrys.
60 weitere Werke von Tim Powers:
Bewertungen
Anmelden