Jeff VanderMeer
Logorrhea
Good Words Make Good Stories
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Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.-BooklistFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today's most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea-a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them:Chiaroscuro…
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Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.-BooklistFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today's most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea-a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them:Chiaroscuro: The Chiaroscurist by Hal Duncan Lyceum: Lyceum by Liz Williams Vivisepulture: Vivisepulture by David Prill Eczema: Eczema by Clare Dudman Sacrilege, Semaphore: Semaphore by Alex Irvine Smaragdine: The Smaragdine Knot by Marly Youmans Insouciant: A Portrait in Ivory by Michael Moorcock Cambist: The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics by Daniel Abraham Logorrhea: Logorrhea by Michelle Richmond Pococurante: Pococurante by Anna Tambour Autochthonous: From Around Here by Tim Pratt Vignette: Vignette by Elizabeth Hand Sycophant: Plight of the Sycophant by Alan DeNiro Elegiacal: The Last Elegy by Matthew Cheney Eudaemonic: Eudaemonic by Jay Caselberg Macerate: Softer by Paolo Bacigalupi Transept: Crossing the Seven by Jay Lake Psoriasis: Tsuris by Leslie What Euonym: The Euonymist by Neil Williamson Dulcimer: Singing of Mount Abora by Theodora Goss Appoggiatura: Appoggiatura by Jeff VanderMeerThis book is a logophile's dream-a left-field collection of stories inspired by winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who has ever spent an hour or two happily browsing the pages of a dictionary will find something to love here.-Kevin Brockmeier, author of A Brief History of the Dead
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Weitere Autoren: Hand, Elizabeth / Moorcock, Michael / Williams, Liz / Klima, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-553-90371-3
- EAN: 9780553903713
- Produktnummer: 15716616
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 516 KB
Über den Autor
Anthology editor John Klima spent the first quarter century of life in the state of Wisconsin. He moved to New Jersey in the late 90s to get a job in publishing. Since then John has worked in publishing, computer programming, and—since completing his Master's degree in Library and Information Science in December 2005—librarianship. He currently works as the young adult librarian and systems administrator at his local library. Outside of work, he edits the science fiction zine, Electric Velocipede.
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