Talking Man

by Terry Bisson

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According to this contemporary extrapolation of the Book of Genesis, God ("Talking Man,") was so pleased with his creation of our world that he decided to stay here, marry a mortal woman, and have a daughter named Crystal who rides to his rescue in a '62 Chrysler after her father disappears.

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This must be the shortest book about saving the world that I ever read. The story is told kinda from the sidelines or from the outside; I didn't get the feeling of really getting into the characters.

Also, I think you need way better knowledge of American geography and especially knowledge about and interest in cars than I have to not feel left out.
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Best Ever by a Living Author: This is Terry Bisson's best work. Never to be duplicated, this novel is the best available of any living author.Far better than his other great efforts.

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Bauman, Jill (Cover artist)

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Canonical title
Talking Man
Original publication date
1986
People/Characters
Talking Man; Laurel Ann; Mountain Laurel; Dgene; The Unbeen; Crystal (show all 9); William Tilden Hendricks Williams; Hey Hoss Kost; Grace Laurel
Important places
Elennor; Edminidine; Six Mile Creek; Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA; Owensburo, Kentucky, USA; Mississippi River Toll Bridge (show all 10); Ala Roja, Mexico; North Pole; Denver, Colorado, USA; Canada
Dedication
For Peter Rabbit, Teacher
First words
There are two ways to tell a wizard.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)As for Crystal, she learned to plow with a mule, but she never liked it as much as that old John Deere "A," which always reminded her of her father, Talking Man, and their auto trip to the North Pole.
Blurbers
Effinger, George Alec; Moorcock, Michael; Kay, Guy Gavriel; Griffin, Russell; Bishop, Michael; Webb, Sharon

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3552 .I7736 .T3Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-

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½ (3.62)
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English, French, German
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