13 Phantasms and Other Stories
by James P. Blaylock, Tim Powers (Coauthor in two short stories)
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James Blaylock is one of the finest writers in the fantasy field. Sixteen of his acclaimed short stories are collected here for the first time. Included is "Thirteen Phantasms," his brilliant World Fantasy Award-winning story of a man who returns to the Golden Age of science fiction through an ad in a pulp magazine. "Myron Chester and the Toads" recounts one man's encounter with aliens and the effect it has on him and his neighbors. And in the strange otherworldly California of "Paper show more Dragons" one man's obsession with the creation of a dragon slowly destroys him. show lessTags
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Excellent collection of, for lack of any better description, Bradbury-esque, stories. There is a little bit of horror, some urban fantasy, some steam-punk (Langdon St. Ives), and some just plain stories. Blaylock is adept at setting the sort of wistful nostalgic atmosphere of the future (?) that Bradbury does so well and making you feel the narrator has actually remembered this tale. Many of Blaylock's stories are so gossamer that the inattentive reader may assume there is nothing there when actually there is plenty.
Fine writing, quite, but with the occasional plot and a much more cheerful tone. Ha!
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- Canonical title
- 13 Phantasms and Other Stories
- Original title
- Thirteen Phantasms
- Original publication date
- 2003-03-17
- People/Characters
- Langdon St. Ives
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- 183
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- Reviews
- 3
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- (4.07)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
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