false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169310739m/39748.jpg 39748 2 At times literary, at other times surreal, this collection offers an eclectic group of stories that deal with real-life conflicts, human values, and coming-of-age experiences all placed within fantastical settings. One tale recounts the author's search for a Kafka story that can only be found in an elusive and quite possibly cursed edition. Other stories feature humans dressing in full-body protective exoskins in the personas of old Hollywood movie stars to barter old Earth movies for an alien aphrodisiac and a young boy coming to terms with creation and molding his own man out of detritus from a nearby forest. In the title story, a great fantasy writer loses touch with the world he has created and pleads with his young assistant to help him visualize the story's end and enable him to complete his greatest novel ever. 39450 8 2002 The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories total:40|5:19|4:18|3:1|2:2|1:0| 40 174 71 8 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 14:24:59 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 21:15:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 18:32:07 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 08:27:50 -0700 2007 I've read Ford's two newest novels, but until searching the used books on Amazon, was unable to track down any of his earlier stuff. I liked The Girl in the Glass and The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, but I like his short ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 10:16:43 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 10:20:58 -0700 2009
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