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The Day Dali Died: Poetry and Flash Fiction
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Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author)
In this new collection from World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff VanderMeer, car accidents, Angkor Wat, dead whales, flower vendors, dogcatchers, classic television shows, frogs, and the moon are transformed by the author's imagination into something unique and magical. Showcaseing his Rhysling Award-winning poem "Flight," reprinted in Nebula Awards 30, The Day Dali D...more
Paperback, 124 pages
Published
August 28th 2003
by Prime Books
(first published 2003)
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Poetry isn't usually my cup of tea, but 'Lassie' and 'Gilligan's Island Revisited' were unlike any poetry I've read before. Quirky and humorous, they explore a darker take on those light and cheerful shows - incorporating violent insanity, animal abuse, cannibalism, and the like. The other piece of verse that I feel is deserving of particular mention is the titular 'The Day Dali Died'. It is so succinct, so concise, and yet it conjures imagery so complete in its surreality as to do justice to it...more
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Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer is an American writer, editor and publisher. He was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps. This experience, and the resulting trip back to the United States through Asia, Africa, and Europe, deeply influenced him.
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