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Feeling abandoned by their beloved master, a vacuum cleaner, tensor lamp, electric blanket, clock radio, and toaster undertake a long and arduous journey to find him in a faraway city.Tags
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Rereading this reinforced my appreciation for the playful and generous side of this writer who was so often thought of as harsh and cynical (to be clear, I like both sides). Yes there's some dark stuff, but not really in the same way as the movie; there's such a strong friendly narrative voice, like we're all hanging out with our goofy nerdy uncle.
I wrote a few annotations here, if you're into that kind of thing: http://www.errorbar.net/nits/The_Brave_Little_Toaster
I wrote a few annotations here, if you're into that kind of thing: http://www.errorbar.net/nits/The_Brave_Little_Toaster
Why did I wait so long to read this? It's so> much better than the movie, full of typical Disch wit, and I wish it were better known.
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Thomas Disch was a popular & prolific poet, playwright, essayist, & novelist. He is the author of many works of science fiction & the poetry collections "Dark verses & Light" & "Yes, Let's: New & Selected Poems". (Publisher Provided) Thomas M. Disch was born in Des Moines, Iowa on February 2, 1940. He dropped out of the architecture program at show more Cooper Union, and then left New York University after he sold a short story entitled The Double Timer. His first novel, The Genocides, was published in 1965. His other novels include The House That Fear Built, 334, The M.D., The Priest, The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten, and Clara Reeve written under the pseudonym Leonie Hargreave. He won several awards including the 1969 Ditmar Award for Camp Concentration, the O. Henry Award in 1975 for Getting into Death and in 1977 for Xmas, the 1980 John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award for On Wings of Song, and the 1981 British Science Fiction Award for The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances. He was also wrote poetry, opera librettos, plays, and criticism of theater, films and art. His collections of poetry include Here I Am, There You Are, Where Are We; The Dark Old House; Yes, Let's: New and Selected Poetry; and Dark Verses and Light. He won the 1999 biennial Michael Braude Award for Light Poetry for A Child's Garden of Grammar, the Locus and Hugo Awards for 1999 for The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, and the Puschcart Prize for The First Annual Performance Art Festival at Slaughter Rock Battlefield. His criticism appeared in several publications including The Nation, The New York Daily News, and The New York Sun. In 1987, he wrote a script for the television series Miami Vice. He shot himself on July 4, 2008 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Brave Little Toaster
- Original title
- The Brave Little Toaster [novelette]
- Original publication date
- 1986-05
- People/Characters
- Brave Little Toaster
- Related movies
- The Brave Little Toaster (1987 | IMDb)
- First words*
- Schon bei ihrem Einzug ins Sommerhäuschen hatte die Klimaanlage gekeucht und geschnauft, unmodern und nutzlos zu sein und zum alten Eisen zu gehören.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Und so lebten die fünf Geräte ein arbeitsreiches, ausgefülltes Leben in den Diensten ihrer geliebten Chefin und in ihrer kleinen Gemeinschaft bis ans Ende ihrer Tage.
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- Englisch
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .D6226 .B — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English, German
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- Paper
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- ASINs
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