Second Person, Present Tense

by Daryl Gregory

Ancien élève des célèbres ateliers d’écriture Clarion, Daryl Gregory a publié sa première nouvelle en 1990, mais il a vraiment explosé durant la dernière décennie, sortant des textes souvent repris dans les best-of annuels de Gardner Dozois. Depuis 2008, il a fait paraître deux romans, Pandemonium et The Devil’s Alphabet , tous deux impressionnants de maîtrise. En France, deux de ses textes ont été publiés dans l’excellente revue Fiction .« Deuxième personne du singulier » est une fascinante plongée dans le fonctionnement du cerveau humain, dont les étrangetés rappellent le roman de Peter Watts, Vision Aveugle , mais dans un cadre plus terre à terre. Gregory parvient à construire un texte rempli d’émotion et d’humanité en se basant sur les dernières avancées de la neuropsychologie. Du grand art.

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction

32 pages, ebook

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Award-winning author of Revelator, The Album of Dr. Moreau, Spoonbenders, We Are All Completely Fine, and others. Some of his short fiction has been collected in Unpossible and Other Stories.

He's won the World Fantasy Award, as well as the Shirley Jackson, Crawford, Asimov Readers, and Geffen awards, and his work has been short-listed for many other awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon awards . His books have been translated in over a dozen languages, and have been named to best-of-the-year lists from NPR Books, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal.

He is also the writer of Flatline an interactive fiction game from 3 Minute Games, and comics such as Planet of the Apes.

He's a frequent teacher of writing and is a regular instructor at the Viable Paradise Writing Workshop.

Reviews

[rixx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, wow, please. Cuts off rudely instead of being a book.

[elle · Rating 4 out of 5]

well this burst my third eye right open

[Gong Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fully a buddhism story telling.

[PomegranateFlorence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extremely absorbing / engaging.

Ending deeply unsatisfying.

[J.a.e._Lou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm. Je sais pas. C'est pas mauvais mais je ne suis pas rentrée dedans

[emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really liked this! tightly written & surprising at every turn, and it earns its awesome title as well.