Now and Then and Other Tales from Ome

by Richard Seltzer

Boston Globe -- "A highly original collection of short stories -- sometimes humorous, sometimes profound." Philadelphia Daily News -- "Seltzer has produced four charming stories for, he suggests, children around the age of nine. Adults will find the book has its appeal My favoite story is the one about the little princess who had a nice mother and was very happy and therefore very unhappy because how could Prince Charming come and rescue her if there was nothing to rescue her from?" Richard Seltzer's published works "The Name of Hero" (historical novel, Tarcher/Houghton Mifflin), "Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes" (translation from the Russian, Red Sea/Africa World Press), "The Lizard of Oz" (satiric fantasy, B&R Samizdat Express), and "Now and Then and Other Tales from Ome" (children's stories, B&R Samizdat Express), and four books about doing business over the Internet. Now a publisher of book collections on CD and DVD, he worked for Digital/Compaq for 19 years, most recently as "Internet Evangelist." He graduated from Yale, with a major in English, and got an MA from the U. of Mass. at Amherst in Comparative Literature (French, Russian, and German). At Yale, he had creative writing courses with Robert Penn Warren and Joseph Heller.

64 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2008

About the author

Author of two dozen books, I've been editor, novelist, Russian translator, parttime spy, Internet evangelist, and ebook entrepreneur. I've published children's fantasies, historical novels, and pioneering books about how to do business on the Internet. As a spokesperson for Digital Equipment, a tech leader in the early Internet, I saw how consumer choices and business models molded the outcomes we live with today. My latest book, "In Flux," puts AI into context and suggest how we can nudge the future toward either serving us or oppressing us.

I graduated from Yale, with a major in English and went to grad school there in Comparative Literature. At Yale I had creative writing courses with Robert Penn Warren and Joseph Heller.

In my 70s I've finally been able to write what I want when I want, and I've been publishing 2-3 books a year. Most don't fit in established genres and hence agents and editors aren't interested. So I've gone with small and hybrid publishers which makes it difficult to get the attention of traditional reviewers. Now I'm finally getting some recognition, with reviews of three of my books appearing in the same issue of Publishers Weekly (June 9). Another book of mine (One Family) was reviewed in their July 21 issue. And yet another will be reviewed in their Sept. 8 issue. One Family also won the Connecticut Press Club's annual award for best non-fiction book.

My personal web site is seltzerbooks.com My Twitter account is @seltzerbooks

A list of every book I have read since 1958 (over 3500 books) appears at seltzerbooks.com/readall.html

Reviews

[Richard Seltzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book.
It includes four stories for children (and adults):
Now and Then (my all-time favorite),
Julie's Book: the Little Princess
Mary Jane's Book: the Book of Animals
The Little Oops Named Ker Plop

Now and Then begins:
"Once upon a space, there was a time, a cute little time. Her name was Now..."

"A highly original collection of short stories, sometimes humorous, sometimes profound." Boston Globe

The book is available for free at my web site at http://www.seltzerbooks.com/nowandthe...

Enjoy.