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Other Worlds, Better Lives: Selected Long Fiction, 1989-2003
Collects 7 longer pieces by this aclaimed writer.
Hardcover, 260 pages
Published
September 1st 2008
by Old Earth Books
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Howard Waldrop is an American short story writer who deserves a much larger audience than he has. My review of his new short fiction collection is up at the SciFi.com site, here.
mostly reprints, couple of superb alt. history gems
Decent collection of Waldrop's longer stories.
Jun 07, 2012
Sc
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
anthologies-collections
novella-length pieces, more slight whimsy than SFF, set in '20s, '30s, '50s USA with a patina of nostalgia and no discernable story.
"A Dozen Tough Jobs" (1989)
"Fin de Cycle" (1990)
"You Could Go Home Again" (1993)
"Flatfeet" (1996)
"Major Spacer" (2001)
"The Other Real World" (2001)
"A Better World's In Birth" (2003)
"A Dozen Tough Jobs" (1989)
"Fin de Cycle" (1990)
"You Could Go Home Again" (1993)
"Flatfeet" (1996)
"Major Spacer" (2001)
"The Other Real World" (2001)
"A Better World's In Birth" (2003)
If I had only read the first and last stories, I think I would have really enjoyed this one. Having read it cover to cover I can only say that I was reminded of being in 8th grade English class and realizing that it was a good thing I already knew I loved to read or this might have convinced me otherwise.
Waldrop’s best reissue collection yet. From the Greek myths gone southern gothic in “A Dozen Tough Jobs” to the Francophile steampunk of “Fin De Cycle”, these stories are filled with wild humor and bizarre factoids.
Another excellent collection of short stories by the estimable Howard Waldrop. This man is truly a master of the short form.
Jun 07, 2011
Tyler Lutz
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
local
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Howard Waldrop is a science fiction author who works primarily in short fiction. Waldrop's stories combine elements such as alternate history, American popular culture, the American South, old movies, classical mythology, and rock 'n' roll music.
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