The Perseids and Other Stories
In The Perseids and Other Stories, his first short story collection, Robert Charles Wilson reveals himself as a stylist of mood. As he notes in the afterword, these stories are linked, not in a continuing tale, but by a style and atmosphere that result from the characters knowing that something strange is happening to and around them but never being sure just what it is. In "The Observer, " a young woman haunted by night visions of creatures that may be aliens or may be time travellers, meets the astronomer Edwin Hubble, who sees them, too. And in "The Perseids, " a lonely man meets a new love, only to be haunted by an encounter with what may be the next stage in evolution. In these and the other stories, which are linked, too, by their setting in an urban Canada of ethnic neighbourhoods and mysterious used bookstores, the characters rarely find answers but are left only with the awareness that they have encountered something both strange and chilling. Who can tell if something is good or bad if you're not even sure what it is? By leaving the explaining to the imagination of the characters and the reader, the stories in The Perseids evoke a greater sense of wonder. They're to be read in the evening and savoured long into the night. --Greg L. Johnson Author(s): Robert Charles Wilson. Binding Hardcover. Publisher(s): Tor Books. Label: Tor Books.
| Fabricant: | Tor Books |
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| Prix le plus bas (CAD): | 64,95 $ |
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| Auteur : | Robert Charles Wilson |
| Format : | Hardcover |
| Marque : | Tor Books |
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