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Indlæser... Alchemy and Academe (udgave 1979)af Anne McCaffrey (Redaktør), Rowena Morrill (Illustrator)
Work InformationAlchemy and Academe af Anne McCaffrey (Editor)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Excellent collection containing the following: John Updike, Dance of the Solids; Sonya Dorman, A mess of porridge; Carol Emshwiller, The institute; R.A. Lafferty, Condillac's Statue; L. Sprague de Camp, the sorcereres; Norman Spinrad, the weed of time; Samuel R. Delany, Night and the loves of Joe Disconstanzo; Daphme Castell, come up and see me; Joe Hensley, shut the last door; Avram Davidson, big sam; james blish, more light; Joanna Russ, the man who could not see devils; Betsy Curtis, the key to out; Robert Silverberg, Ringing the Changes. Heh. I see not too many people think much of this anthology. Well, I don't intend to give it more than 3 stars myself, but it is a pretty decent (and workmanlike) anthology of mostly '60s fantasy. I particularly liked the cover (one of Rowena's best, in my opinion). The stories, like I said are 'workmanlike.' What does that mean? They aren't exactly the best the various authors produced, but they are for the most part not the kind of thing that makes one want to pitch the book out the 3rd floor window. I thought the Spinrad was quite entertaining, as well as "More Light." by James Blish (which gives us a look at William Atheling, an SF reviewer from the early '50s - Atheling being a pseudonym for Blish himself). Quite hilarious, I thought. The 'King in Yellow' stuff - a little overcooked, but hey. Play along. You might find it interesting (if you've read 'The King in Yellow,' that is). Okay, so three stars. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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An enchanting collection of tales, enchantments, things magical and strange, devils and demons, professors of potent powers, witchcraft and wizardry, and more. Master fantasy writer Anne McCaffrey has chosen 20 short tales and poems of wonder and awe, written by the finest writers of fantasy today, including: Robert Silverberg, L. Sprague de Camp, R.A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe, Carol Emshwiller, Sonya Dorman, and others. No library descriptions found. |
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But anthologies are a crapshoot, even anthologies born under an unlucky star. Alchemy and Academe has two stories which redeem its ill-begotten existence: Samuel R. Delany's wonderfully creepy "Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo," and Gene Wolfe's haunting "Morning-Glory." (Gosh, I sure hope those two gentlemen went on to write other stuff!) ( )