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Cherry Wilder (1930–2002)

Forfatter af A Princess of the Chameln

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Værker af Cherry Wilder

A Princess of the Chameln (1984) 122 eksemplarer
The Luck of Brin's Five (1977) 101 eksemplarer
Yorath the Wolf (1984) 77 eksemplarer
Signs of Life (1996) 76 eksemplarer
The Summer's King (1986) 69 eksemplarer
The Wanderer (2004) 69 eksemplarer
Second Nature (1982) 59 eksemplarer
The Nearest Fire (1980) 35 eksemplarer
Dealers in Light and Darkness (1995) 20 eksemplarer
The Tapestry Warrior (1982) 19 eksemplarer
Grausame Muster (1988) 10 eksemplarer
The Dancing Floor 5 eksemplarer
Odd Man Search 4 eksemplarer

Associated Works

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999) — Bidragyder — 480 eksemplarer
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997) — Bidragyder — 417 eksemplarer
Millennial Women (1978) — Bidragyder — 286 eksemplarer
Dreaming Down-Under (1998) — Bidragyder — 183 eksemplarer
Gathering the Bones (2003) — Bidragyder — 111 eksemplarer
The Best of Interzone (1997) — Bidragyder — 99 eksemplarer
Best New Horror (1989) — Bidragyder — 87 eksemplarer
Best New Horror 2 (1991) — Bidragyder — 77 eksemplarer
Interzone: The 1st Anthology (1985) 73 eksemplarer
Arabesques II (1989) — Bidragyder — 70 eksemplarer
New Writings in SF-24 (1974) — Bidragyder — 68 eksemplarer
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 07 (1996) — Bidragyder — 67 eksemplarer
The Best Australian Science Fiction: A Fifty Year Collection (2004) — Bidragyder — 65 eksemplarer
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 (1984) — Bidragyder — 61 eksemplarer
Skin of the Soul (1990) — Bidragyder — 59 eksemplarer
New Writings in SF-26 (1975) — Bidragyder — 54 eksemplarer
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 08 (1997) — Bidragyder — 52 eksemplarer
Beyond Tomorrow: Anthology of Modern Science Fiction (1976) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver51 eksemplarer
Interzone: The 3rd Anthology (1988) — Bidragyder — 50 eksemplarer
Dancing With the Dark (1999) — Bidragyder — 49 eksemplarer
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989) — Bidragyder — 48 eksemplarer
Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror (2000) — Bidragyder — 43 eksemplarer
Centaurus: The Best of Australian SF (1999) — Bidragyder — 41 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (1994) — Bidragyder — 39 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (1995) — Bidragyder — 37 eksemplarer
New Writings in SF-29 (1976) — Bidragyder — 34 eksemplarer
Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror (1993) — Bidragyder — 32 eksemplarer
Chrysalis 5 (1979) — Bidragyder — 31 eksemplarer
The Ides of Tomorrow: Original Science Fiction Tales of Horror (1976) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1997) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
Drabble II: Double Century (1990) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
Interzone: The 5th Anthology (1991) — Bidragyder — 22 eksemplarer
The Zeitgeist machine: A new anthology of science fiction (1977) — Forfatter — 22 eksemplarer
Dark Voices 2 (1990) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Goldmann Fantasy Foliant I. Fantasy- Stories. (1983) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver11 eksemplarer
Fantastic Worlds (1999) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Phantoms of Venice (2007) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Das Blei der Zeit (1993) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar

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Sometimes a book carries such startling content and weighty matter that it overcomes poor presentation; conversely, a telling of freshness and beauty can elevate simple into sublime. "The Luck Of Brin's Five" is the latter. Wilder's talent lay in storytelling, and this is told very well indeed, in its phrasing, pacing, and in perspective. Narrative point-of-view profoundly influences the way a tale comes across and can make or break SFF; what we have here is a First Contact story not only presented from an alien's perspective, but through the narration of an alien child. How brilliant is that?

Probably best considered YA nowadays, 'TLoBF' is fairly lightweight in plot and stakes; there's no great sturm und drang, and the violence is minor (and largely fisticuffs). While the Moruians really aren't terribly alien in physiology or communication, the cultural world-building is excellent: Ursula Le Guin-level, really. And the p-o-v allows for the reader to be informed of the cultural mores as the child narrator is getting reinforced; I actually laughed out loud at an early scene in which Dorn (the kid) is dubious about Diver (the human) not because he's an alien, but because he's a _grown-up_ ! Great stuff.

Seems there are sequels from this New Zealand-born Aussie author. Tracking down these lost gems sounds like a good idea to me.
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MLShaw | 2 andre anmeldelser | Aug 1, 2021 |
Rather standard-issue ghost story...
 
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AlanPoulter | Feb 7, 2017 |
A strange phone call is the harbinger of off doom for a family re-union...
 
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AlanPoulter | Jun 30, 2016 |
Really weird 'raid' on a derelict church in what seems some kind of magical al war...
 
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AlanPoulter | May 28, 2016 |

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