Best British Fantasy 2013, The - Brossura

Steve Haynes

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1907773355 ISBN 13: 9781907773358

Casa editrice: SALT PUBLISHING, 2013

Riassunto

From the post-apocalyptic American West to the rural terror in New Zealand, this major anthology has evil spirits, bin-Laden style assassinations, steampunk, sexual dysfunction, a twisted version of Peter Pan, the folklore of standing stones, mermaids, alien tour guides, zombies, gruesome beasts, voice-controlled police states, environmental disasters and off world penal colonies. Unmissable. Featuring (among others) Simon Bestwick, Joseph D'Lacey, Cate Gardner, Carole Johnstone, Tyler Keevil, Kim Lakin-Smith, Alison Littlewood, Cheryl Moore, Mark Morris, Adam Neville, Lavie Tidhar, Sam Stone, Steph Swainston, E.J. Swift, Lisa Tuttle, Simon Unsworth, Jon Wallace.

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Recensione:

(On Cate Gardner) A rising purveyor of high literary strangeness.

Source: Publishers Weekly

(On Simon Bestwick) Simon Bestwick writes with great imaginative flair and an excellent grasp of colour and narrative pace.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

(On Lavie Tidhar) Bears comparison with the best of Philip K Dick’s paranoid, alternate-history fantasies. It’s beautifully written and undeniably powerful.

Source: The Financial Times

L'autore:

Steve Haynes is an editor whose subtle approach to his chosen profession has earned him the epithets “Hacker Haynes” and “The Butcher of Bodmin”. He was born in Walsall in 1964. He read for a BA in English and Film Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, and was an English teacher at Secondary level for 25 years. He is a prolific and lifelong devourer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, science writing, contemporary philosophy and graphic novels.

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• Editore: SALT PUBLISHING
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1907773355
• ISBN 13: 9781907773358
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256