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Paradise Tales
Geoff Ryman
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Description for Paradise Tales
Paperback. A collection that ranges from present-day Cambodia to the far future: this is science fiction and fantasy with a heart. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
Geoff Ryman writes about the other and leaves us dissected in the process. His stories are set in recognizable places--London, Cambodia, tomorrow--and feature men and women caught in recognizable situations (or technologies) and not sure which way to turn. They, we, should obviously choose what's right. But what if that's difficult? What will we do? What we should, or ...? Paradise Tales builds on the success of his most recent novel, The King's Last Song, and on the three Cambodian stories included here, "The Last Ten Years of the Hero Kai," "Blocked," and the exceedingly-popular "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter." ... Read more
Geoff Ryman writes about the other and leaves us dissected in the process. His stories are set in recognizable places--London, Cambodia, tomorrow--and feature men and women caught in recognizable situations (or technologies) and not sure which way to turn. They, we, should obviously choose what's right. But what if that's difficult? What will we do? What we should, or ...? Paradise Tales builds on the success of his most recent novel, The King's Last Song, and on the three Cambodian stories included here, "The Last Ten Years of the Hero Kai," "Blocked," and the exceedingly-popular "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter." ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Small Beer Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Northampton, United States
ISBN
9781931520645
SKU
V9781931520645
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Paradise Tales
"Paradise Tales includes one of the most powerful stories I've read in the last 10 years."
New York Times "In the best of Ryman's fiction, the world unfolds in ways that are at once astonishing and thoroughly thought out, both radically disorienting and emotionally powerful."
Gary K. Wolfe, Locus "Often contemplative and subtly ironic, the 16 stories in this outstanding ... Read more
New York Times "In the best of Ryman's fiction, the world unfolds in ways that are at once astonishing and thoroughly thought out, both radically disorienting and emotionally powerful."
Gary K. Wolfe, Locus "Often contemplative and subtly ironic, the 16 stories in this outstanding ... Read more