UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34021819
ISBN:
9781630230364
Content:
" The thirteenth Tarot card is Death, and he is a symbol not of the end, but of transformation and rebirth. This is the genesis and root of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation . The twenty-eight authors of this collection are voices—,ew and old—,ho are not afraid to explore what comes next. Whether it be a life after death, a life without love, a life filled with hunger, or the life shared by a ghost. These are stories of the weird, the mythic, the fantastic, the futuristic, the supernatural, and the horrific. The ghosts of the past have been eaten by the children of the future: this endless cycle of birth, death, and renewal is the magic of thirteen. Do not fear change. Embrace it. Let Thirteen be the handbook for the new you. With stories from: Liz Argall M. David Blake Richard Bowes George Cotronis Amanda C. Davis Julie C. Day Jetse de Vries Jennifer Giesbrecht Daryl Gregory Rik Hoskin Rebecca Kuder Claude Lalumiè,e Marc Levinthal Grá,Linnaea Alex Dally MacFarlane Juli Mallett Lyn McConchie Fiona Moore Gregory L. Norris Adrienne J. Odasso Cat Rambo Andrew Penn Romine David Tallerman Tais Teng Richard Thomas Fran Wilde A. C. Wise Christie Yant"
Content:
Rezension(1): " Mark Teppo is the author of nearly a dozen novels including Rudolph! , The Potemkin Mosaic , Lightbreaker , Heartland , and Earth Thirst . He was the showrunner and head writer for the Foreworld Saga, which included the three volume Mongoliad . He is the founder and publisher of Resurrection House, an independent publishing company which embodies a fierce affection for the printed book. He is a synthesist, a trouble-shooter (and -maker), a cat herder, and an idea man. His favorite Tarot card is the Moon. " Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 17, 2015 Too many of the 29 entries in this anthology celebrating changeâ,€a theme that doesn', entirely manifest in all the storiesâ,€are hobbled by unfortunate prose, some genuinely cringeworthy (",wing your canal boat of pirate literature just so so you don', lose your balance of good taste and fall into the waters of lawsuit",. Those stories that do offer intriguing angles don', follow through successfully.Liz Argall', ",ugustus Clementine",may be the first ever written about a sentient ",ess than ordinary roller skate,",but the story of its transformation into a prosthetic limb, and eventually into part of a ",culpture with many other limbs to speak of greater truths he did not understand,",is more pretentious than precocious. And the humor of a soccer tournament featuring teams such as Uncollapsed Wave Front, Kepler', Laws, and Metaconsciousness United, with one team scoring by ",etting part of the ball', trajectory in a time when the wall wasn', there,",isn', realized. "
Language:
English
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