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Bezig met laden... The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristletdoor Kelly Link (Redacteur), Gavin J. Grant (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I'd never read a slipstream collection before. The experience was akin to walking through a gallery modern art. Several of the pieces I connected with and loved instantly. Some have grown on me since the initial encounter. There were a couple pieces which, although I can tell they were very finely crafted, I did not 'get' on any meaningful level. And then there were one or two to which my response was, "This is not art. What is it even doing here?" Overall, though, I recommend the trip. Fanzines emerged out of the 1930s science-fiction fan culture, eventually propagating among such active fandoms as music, role-playing games, and comics. Zines played a pivotal role in the development of new talent often publishing the best and brightest before they were well-known: Ray Bradbury, Greil Marcus, Robert Crumb, and Bruce Sterling, among others. The advent of the Internet ushered in the webzine, seemingly dooming the traditional zine, but experimental, postmodern science-fiction fanzines like Electric Velocipede and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet keep the print form alive and pertinent. The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet reprints the finest fiction, essays, poetry, and other oddities from the zine's first decade. The first two pieces, written separately by co-editors Kelly Link – "Travels With the Snow Queen," a nonlinear tale of forbidden love – and Gavin J. Grant – his insightful nonfiction exploration "Scotch: An Essay Into a Drink" – quickly establish the tenor both in quality and content for this stunning anthology. Excellent and unconventional pieces abound: Margaret Muirhead's profound Swiftian parody "An Open Letter Concerning Sponsorship"; Sarah Monette's tortured romance "Three Letters From the Queen of Elfland"; Jan Lars Jensen's frightening study of the dangers of television nostalgia, "Happier Days"; Gwenda Bond's twisted Dear Abby columns, "Dear Aunt Gwenda"; and David J. Schwartz's comical letter "The Icthyomancer Writes His Friends With an Account of the Yeti's Birthday Party," to name a few. Interspersed within the stories, the editors sprinkle trivial tidbits about literature, movies, music, and other strangeness. The compositions appear in order of original publication, creating an odd, uneven flow to the book. Later in the collection, as the editing duo became more comfortable with their craft and their writers, the contributions get stronger. Showcasing a selection of the top new and exciting writers working today, The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet presents a wondrous playground for lovers of experimental and avant-garde literature. If this is the 21st century zine, the form can be taken off the endangered list. (This review originally appeared in The Austin Chronicle, September 7, 2007) link:[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:534868] Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is one of those rare journals which is always fresh and surprising, and well worth watching. If you like the weird, the original, the speculative, the original, the strange, or even if you simply like good writing, it's worth taking note of. As a result, this is simply a fun anthology of work. Filled with an odd assortment of poetry, fiction, observation, and note, the book is incredibly entertaining. There's little doubt in my mind that any reader will find something worth re-reading and sharing, just as other things won't be in line with their tastes. In the end, though, the book is worth searching out. To my own taste, the best tales are "Pretending" by Ray Vukcevich, "Bay" by David Erik Nelson, and "You Were Neither Hot Nor Cold, But Lukewarm, and So I Spit You Out" by Cara Spindler and David Erik Nelson. But, that said, I was never bored by this collection, and LCRW is one of those rare journals which is not only spilling over with talent, but incredibly varied. Recommended, absolutely. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Best Of) Prijzen
Unexpected tales of the fantastic, & other odd musings by Nalo Hopkinson, Karen Joy Fowler, Karen Russell, Jeffrey Ford, and many others Contains stories by the amazing Jeffrey Ford, the fabulous Karen Joy Fowler, the unlikely Kelly Link, the thrilling Nalo Hopkinson, the shockingly good Karen Russell, the unnerving James Sallis, and dozens of uncanny others, as well as useful lists of many kinds and straight-shooting advice from Aunt Gwenda. Edited by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant Introduction by Dan Chaon Contents include: "Travels with the Snow Queen" by Kelly Link "Scotch: An Essay into a Drink" by Gavin J. Grant "Unrecognizable" by David Findlay "Mehitobel Was Queen of the Night" by Ian McDowell "Tan-Tan and Dry Bone" by Nalo Hopkinson "An Open Letter Concerning Sponsorship" by Margaret Muirhead "I Am Glad" by Margaret Muirhead "Lady Shonagon's Hateful Things" by Margaret Muirhead "Heartland" by Karen Joy Fowler "What a Difference a Night Makes" "Pretending" by Ray Vukcevich "The Film Column: Don't Look Now" by William Smith "A Is for Apple: An Easy Reader" by Amy Beth Forbes "My Father's Ghost" by Mark Rudolph "What's Sure to Come" by Jeffrey Ford "Stoddy Awchaw" by Geoffrey H. Goodwin "The Rapid Advance of Sorrow" by Theodora Goss "The Wolf's Story" by Nan Fry "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" by Sarah Monette "Tacoma-Fuji" by David Moles "Bay" by David Erik Nelson "How to Make a Martini" by Richard Butner "Happier Days" by Jan Lars Jensen "The Fishie" by Philip Raines and Harvey Welles "Dear Aunt Gwenda, Vol. 2" by Gwenda Bond "The Film Column: Greaser's Palace" by William Smith "The Ichthyomancer Writes His Friend with an Account of the Yeti's Birthday Party" by David J. Schwartz "Serpents" by Vernoica Schanoes "Homeland Security" by Gavin J. Grant "For George Romero" by David Blair "Vincent Price" by David Blair "Music Lessons" by Douglas Lain "Two Stories" by James Sallis "Help Wanted" by Karen Russell "'Eft' or 'Epic'" by Sarah Micklem "The Red Phone" by John Kessel "The Well-Dressed Wolf: A Comic" by Lawrence Shimel and Sara Rojo "The Mushroom Duchess" by Deborah Roggie "The Pirate's True Love" by Seana Graham "You Could Do This Too" "The Posthumous Voyages of Christopher Columbus" by Sunshine Ison Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The writing! Great writing! By many people all in one place in short stories! Wow! ahem, sorry, it still blows my mind. I took about two weeks to read this because I didn't want to rush the sheer pleasure of the activity. This is the book I would recommend as an ambassador to people who like literary fiction but hate sci-fi, people who refuse to read zines, people who read nothing but sci-fi/fantasy and are afraid of literary fiction. Well, ok, I'd recommend it for practically everybody. It's not good, it's brilliant. ( )