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HebrewPunk
by
Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar gathers some of his best work in one collection. Stories that are infused with centuries of tradition and painted with Hebrew mythology. We meet the Tzaddik as he faces off against a vengeful angel intent on sending the Fallen to hell. The shape shifting Rat fights lycanthropic Nazis. The Rabbi takes us on a thoughtful and amusing journey into the possibilitie...more
Paperback, 148 pages
Published
August 30th 2007
by Apex Publications
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"The Heist" is an excellent theme setter for this collection. This story has an urban fantasy flavor, only instead of the default setting of the world being based in nature worship-style paganism or Christianity the magic comes from a very distinct Jewish flavor.
Jimmy the Rat (a Jewish vampire), The Tzaddick (an immortal), The Rabbi (a powerful Jewish mystic) and his wickedly constructed golem Goldie come together to take down a mysterious and magical blood bank. Along the way they encounter pec...more
Jimmy the Rat (a Jewish vampire), The Tzaddick (an immortal), The Rabbi (a powerful Jewish mystic) and his wickedly constructed golem Goldie come together to take down a mysterious and magical blood bank. Along the way they encounter pec...more
So a tzaddik, a rabbi, and a vampire walk into a bank ...
A collection of four stories, one featuring each of those characters at a turning point in their lives and a heist story that ties it all together. Each of those stories features concepts that could fall into the ridiculous - for example, a drug-addled immortal warring with an angel, a blood bank that keeps holy water in its sprinkler system as an anti-theft system, and lychanthropic nazis seeking Vlad Dracul to recruit him to their cause....more
A collection of four stories, one featuring each of those characters at a turning point in their lives and a heist story that ties it all together. Each of those stories features concepts that could fall into the ridiculous - for example, a drug-addled immortal warring with an angel, a blood bank that keeps holy water in its sprinkler system as an anti-theft system, and lychanthropic nazis seeking Vlad Dracul to recruit him to their cause....more
This collection of four stories of Tzaddick, the Rat, and the Rabbi are incredibly imaginative and well told. It seems obvious that the author had a great time writing these stories. The characters are uniquely Jewish. The stories are urban tales steeped in the past. The reader gets a cool dose of Jewish myth and religiosity. On the whole, HebrewPunk is a good read.
“The Heist” has the best start of the group, with: “The bank stands alone at the city’s heart.” The beginning tells of a breach at t...more
“The Heist” has the best start of the group, with: “The bank stands alone at the city’s heart.” The beginning tells of a breach at t...more
A quick, satisfying read for lovers of spec fiction. The four stories are told in different styles, for instance, 'Uganda' which tells the story of nascent Zionism through diary extracts and scraps of documents. The main characters come together in the first story and then feature in individual stories.
As so often happens, the most original books are put out by small presses. This collection of short stories features original characters based on Jewish folklore. The best story was the first, "The Heist."
A good, short little collection that live up to the premise. Some of the stories are dumb fun but one is surprisingly arty.
Jew-y sci-fi. Yes. I'll definitely read more from him, though some of the stories here were kind of weak.
This is the first Tidhar I've read, and I was really hoping it would be better than it is. There are the makings of a few different and quite entertaining stories in here, but on the whole they are far too disconnected and rambling to be compelling.
A solid collection of stories, connected by a Hebrew mythos created by Lavie himself. He weaves together genre tropes with his Jewish faith to create an interesting genre all unto itself. Read this.
I really liked the stories in this book for the fresh perspective they gave on European horror tropes. I'd love to read more fantasy and horror with traditional Jewish underpinnings.
A re-imagining of vampires, werewolves, zombies and more - told from a background of Jewish mythology.
Refreshing, and a good indication of what this author might become.
Refreshing, and a good indication of what this author might become.
All the stories were good, if not great. I particularly enjoyed the last story, "The Dope Fiend."
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Lavie Tidhar grew up on a kibbutz in Israel, lived in Israel and South Africa, travelled widely in Africa and Asia, and has lived in London for a number of years. He is the winner of the 2003 Clarke-Bradbury Prize (awarded by the European Space Agency), was the editor of "Michael Marshall Smith: The Annotated Bibliography" (PS Publishing, 2004) and the anthology "A Dick & Jane Primer for Adult...more
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