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Link Arms with Toads!
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Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author)
Self-reflective mirrors looking for their own reflections. Towns that migrate to the moon. Prisoners of elaborate dungeons and gigantic miniature solar systems. Robots, ghosts, rascals, explorers, troubadours, apemen and yetis. All are present in the multiverse of inversion and invention that is Link Arms with Toads Rhys Hughes is a unique figure in contemporary fiction wh...more
Paperback, 286 pages
Published
May 18th 2011
by Chomu Press
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Rhys Hughes possesses on of the most richly imaginative minds of any contemporary writer. His ability to create stories that at firs appear grounded in realism only to explode into fantasy is matched only by his own creations where surrealism is written to be read as fact, as the development of a cast of characters and an idea are so completely credible that his eventual hints or injections of reality take the reader totally by surprise. But while many writers are able to...more
Rhys Hughes possesses on of the most richly imaginative minds of any contemporary writer. His ability to create stories that at firs appear grounded in realism only to explode into fantasy is matched only by his own creations where surrealism is written to be read as fact, as the development of a cast of characters and an idea are so completely credible that his eventual hints or injections of reality take the reader totally by surprise. But while many writers are able to...more
4 1/2 stars. Some of the stories are better than others, but the best stories in this collection are incredible (my favorites were probably "Pity the Pendulum" and "The Candid Slyness of Scurrility Forepaws"). Apparently this author is working on a giant collection of interconnected stories (he's aiming for 1,000!), and this book is just a sampling. As an introduction to this authors I have to say I am thoroughly impressed.
Hughes reminds me a lot of Steve Ayelett, another British author who exp...more
Hughes reminds me a lot of Steve Ayelett, another British author who exp...more
An intriguing collection. These stories are rascally and always a bit surprising, like someone who picks your pocket wearing a three-cornered hat. My favorite here is "Pity the Pendulum," an amazing expansion of the setting and back story of Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum", which is Gothic and meta-Gothic at the same time.
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A writer of Fantasy and Magic Realism who often uses comedy and absurdism to examine philosophical issues. Known for his original ideas, intricate plots and entertaining wordplay.
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