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Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories (2007)

by John Klima (Editor)

Other authors: Daniel Abraham (Contributor), Paolo Bacigalupi (Contributor), Jay Caselberg (Contributor), Matthew Cheney (Contributor), Alan DeNiro (Contributor)16 more, Clare Dudman (Contributor), Hal Duncan (Contributor), Theodora Goss (Contributor), Elizabeth Hand (Contributor), Alex Irvine (Contributor), Jay Lake (Contributor), Michael Moorcock (Contributor), Tim Pratt (Contributor), David Prill (Contributor), Michelle Richmond (Contributor), Anna Tambour (Contributor), Jeff VanderMeer (Contributor), Leslie What (Contributor), Liz Williams (Contributor), Neil Williamson (Contributor), Marly Youmans (Contributor)

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"Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere."--Booklist For 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 VanderMeer "This 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… (more)
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Contains:
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 VanderMeet
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Klima, JohnEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Abraham, DanielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bacigalupi, PaoloContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Caselberg, JayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cheney, MatthewContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
DeNiro, AlanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dudman, ClareContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Duncan, HalContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goss, TheodoraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hand, ElizabethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Irvine, AlexContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lake, JayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Moorcock, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pratt, TimContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Prill, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Richmond, MichelleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tambour, AnnaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
VanderMeer, JeffContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
What, LeslieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williams, LizContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williamson, NeilContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere."--Booklist For 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 VanderMeer "This 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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Anthology contains:
  • The chiaroscurist / Hal Duncan
  • Lyceum / Liz Williams
  • Vivisepulture / David Prill
  • Eczema / Clare Dudman
  • Semaphore / Alex Irving
  • The smaragdine knot / Marly Youmans
  • A portrait in ivory / Michael Moorcock
  • The cambist and Lord Iron: a fairy tale of economics / Daniel Abraham
  • Logorrhea / Michelle Richmond
  • Pococurante / Anna Tambour
  • From around here / Tim Pratt
  • Vignette / Elizabeth Hand
  • Plight of the sycophant / Alan DeNiro
  • The last elegy / Matthew Cheney
  • Eudaemonic / Jay Caselberg
  • Softer / Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Crossing the Seven / Jay Lake
  • Tsuris / Leslie What
  • The euonymist / Neil Williamson
  • Singing of Mount Abora / Theodora Goss
  • Appoggiatura / Jeff VanderMeer
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