Mammoth Book of On The Road

by Maxim Jakubowski (Contributor/Editor), M. Christian (Contributor/Editor), Mat Coward

A symbol of transition, adventure and self-discovery, the lure of the open road is freedom, and travel more exciting than arrival. This collection features journeys along trails carved through dense jungle, or six-lane superhighways, and summer vacation trips gone wildly wrong.

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Remote Viewing - Mat Coward
Migrant people - John Steinbeck
Diversion - Elizabeth Counihan
Just drive, she said - Richard Paul Russo
The road to cedar rapids - Greg Beatty
Kicks on route 66 - Martin Edvards
24 hours from Tulsa - Sylvia Rose
Summer Cannibals - Maxim Jakubowski
Tina and Lucille - O.Z. Evangeline
The flying lady diner - Debra Gray De Noux & O'Neil De Noux
The road calls me dear - Cory Doctorow
On the road - Jack Kerouac
Those vanished I recognize - Tom Piccirilli
The volcano dances - J.G. Ballard
Weasal and the fish - Peter Turnbull
Horizons - Colleen Anderson
Journey's end - Carol Anne Davis
Orphans - M. Christian
Ice bridge - Edo van Belkom
Salvation - Stephen Dedman
The rum diaries - Hunter S. Thompson
A wet one - Jack Ewing
The two-ton turtle of Tattler's terrace - Michael Giorgio
Mojave Nocturne - Thomas S. Roche
The romance of the road - Daniel Kaysen
Cooper's Greek - Mike Lewis
The mountain - Michael Moorcock
Not responsible! Park and lock it! - Roxane Gay
The myth of fingerprints - John Kessel
How I got away - Leslie What
Miles to go before i weep - Brian Hodge
Thy blood like milk - Ian Watson
That'll be the day - Mark Timlin

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Travel

499 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Maxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.

Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.

He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.

His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.

Reviews

[Galo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cutting to the chase, the stand-out stories are: Greg Beatty's The Road to Cedar Rapids, Sylvia Rose's Kicks on Route 66, Martin Edward's 24 Hous from Tulsa, Cory Doctorow's the Road Calls Me Dear, Peter Turnbull's Weasal and The Fish, M. Christian's Orphans, Edo van Belkom's Ice Bridge, Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diaries, Jack Ewing's A Wet One, Michael Moorcook's The Mountain, Roxane Gray's The Myth of Fingerprints, Leslie What's How I Got Away, and Brian Hodge's Miles to Go Before I Weep.

[Marlett Balmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short stories are not my go to genre, so this was a pleasant surprise. What was most enjoyable was the vast difference in the stories, although keeping to a central theme. Inspired me to do a little escapist road-tripping of my own. Well curated Jakubowski and Christian!

[Alex Goiran · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some great stories, if you like ones about the open road. In the end a sense of freedom is the common thread that excites me every time I pick up this book to escape from the 8 to 5 week day and the self-imposed obligatory errand crammed weekends, all in the name of a happy existence. This collection is a challenge to that ideal.

[Ellen]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Reese Forbes · Rating 3 out of 5]

33 short stories including ones from Kerouac, Steinbeck, HS Thompson. Spans a lot of styles and a lot of miles. Entertaining read.