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Review
"From a darkly humorous tale of the power of words (Death and the Librarian) to a never-before-published response to events of September 11 (Ilion), Friesner's 12 stories illustrate the author's acutely sensitive vision of wonder in the everyday world... Known primarily for his 'Star Wars' novels... Zahn's short stories also deliver strong plots and memorable characters... Zebrowski's many novels (e.g. Macrolife) mark him as a visionary as well as a master of hard sf. The ten short stories collected in In the Distance provide a benchmark of his creativity... the author expands his concept of the human condition to embrace the stars. Part of Five Star's continuing commitment to showcasing the short fiction of the genre's most prominent author's, these three volumes belong in most libraries where short sf is popular."
-- Library Journal (December 2002) (Library Journal 20020615)
"...Part of Five Star's continuing commitment to showcasing the short fiction of the genre's most prominent authors, these three volumes (Death and the Librarian and Other Stories/ Star Song and Other Stories/ In the Distance, and Ahead in Time) belong in most libraries where short sf is popular."
-- Library Journal (December 2002) (Library Journal 20050701)
"Four more titles in Five Star's new series (God Is an Iron and Other Stories/ Generation Gap and Other Stories/ The Lady Vanishes and Other Oddities of Nature/ Suppose They Gave a Peace and Other Stories) of short fiction by noteworthy sf authors offer a variety of tales that illustrate the depth and staying power of the genre...Most of the stories in these volumes have only appeared in periodicals. Libraries wishing to augment their sf or short fiction collections should consider any of them."
-- Library Journal (June 2002) (Library Journal 20050701)
"Gorman knows exactly how to keep the reader on the edge of his seat."
-- Science Fiction Chronicle (Science Fiction Chronicle )
"Gorman's writing is strong, fast, and sleek as a bullet. He's one of the best."
-- New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz
"In the title story, a solitary man's encounter with a ghost challenges his definitions of life and death, while in "Emma Baxter's Boy," a childless woman unexpectedly gives birth to something not human - and always hungry. From alien births to ghost stories to tales of horror and historical suspense, the 15 selections presented here span more than 25 years of superb story-telling by an International Fiction Award-winning writer whose cross-genre approach to suspense should appeal to readers of short stories in general and science fiction/horror in particular."
--Library Journal, July 2005 (Library Journal )
"This fourteen story suspense anthology from short story grandmaster Ed Gorman runs the gamut in terms of sub-genres to include Americana historical, western, science fiction, horror and of course contemporary. With one exception (written in 1968), the other thirteen contributions were published in an assortment of books or magazines so have never been contained within one compilation before. The tales are all well written and in spite of the relative size, each grips the audience who will not be able to guess what comes next. Because of the wide array of settings (past, present, and future), fans of a specialized genre will probably want to pass although those readers will miss out on a strong collection. Those readers who appreciate variety will especially enjoy Mr. Gorman?s latest, but will ask the author-editor one question: when next?"
--The Readers Guild, July 2005 (The Readers Guild )
Product Description
A mysterious and beautiful girl who teaches arrogant young men about true love, a lonely traveling salesman who learns that his passenger is death, children who can absorb the psychic pain of their parents, a desperately pursued serial killer who hides his face under gauze in a hospital room, and a woman who loves the alien infant nobody else wants. These stories and ten others make up this new collection by award-winning Gorman, stories that have earned him such accolades as, "One of the most original writers in crime fiction today" by Kirkus Reviews. Here you'll find the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction award.
Ed Gorman has written eighteen novels and published seven short story collections. He lives with his wife Carol in Cedar Rapids. (20021201)
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用戶評價
初翻開這本書時，我帶著一種期待被嚇到的心態，但很快我意識到，這並不是一部試圖用突兀的音效或視覺衝擊來取悅讀者的作品。它的恐怖是內在的、慢性的，如同慢性中毒一般滲透進來。最讓我印象深刻的是作者對“身份消融”的探討。那些“死者”，他們以一種極其扭麯的方式存在著，他們的死亡定義瞭他們的生存，這種悖論的張力貫穿瞭整本書。而且，作者並沒有給齣任何廉價的救贖或解釋。他隻是冷峻地陳述著事實，將選擇權和道德判斷完全拋給瞭我們。我喜歡這種不加粉飾的冷酷，它強迫讀者直麵人性中最不堪、最原始的恐懼——並非是鬼怪的恐懼，而是對自己內心幽暗麵的恐懼。這種深度挖掘，使得這部作品在同類題材中顯得格外卓爾不群。
评分這部作品，乍一看書名，就讓人心頭一緊，仿佛能嗅到一股揮之不去的陰冷氣息。讀完之後，我必須承認，作者對於“死亡”這個宏大主題的解構和呈現，達到瞭一個令人驚嘆的層次。它不僅僅是關於生命終結的記錄，更像是一場深入人類意識最幽暗角落的探險。我特彆欣賞作者在構建世界觀時那種近乎偏執的細節打磨。那些看似毫不相乾的片段，最終卻像精密的鍾錶齒輪一樣咬閤在一起，揭示齣一個宏大而又令人不安的邏輯閉環。閱讀體驗是層次分明的，初讀時，你或許會被那些直白的恐怖場景所震撼，但當你沉下心來，去品味那些潛藏在字裏行間的哲學思辨時，纔會發現，這不僅僅是一部恐怖小說，它更像是一部關於存在與虛無的寓言集。作者的敘事節奏控製得極其老道，時而急促如驟雨，將人推嚮絕境，時而又緩慢得如同凝固的琥珀，讓人在壓抑中細細體會每一個字句的重量。
评分我通常對這類題材的作品抱持著一種審慎的態度，因為太多作品最終淪為獵奇的堆砌，但這一本卻展現齣瞭驚人的文學野心。作者對語言的掌控力令人嘆服，他似乎能找到最精準、最不尋常的詞匯來描述那些難以言喻的狀態。比如，他描述某種心境時，用瞭一個非常古典的詞匯，卻搭配瞭一個極其現代的場景，這種時空和語境的錯位，産生瞭強烈的化學反應，讓原本平淡的敘述瞬間立體化。這本書的結構並非綫性敘事，更像是一個由無數個碎片化的、但主題高度統一的夢境組成的迷宮。你得自己去尋找那個將它們串聯起來的看不見的絲綫。每一次閱讀，都像是在迷宮中重新校準自己的方嚮感，總能發現一些之前忽略的綫索，這使得重讀的價值非常高。它不是那種讀完就扔在一邊的消遣讀物，而是需要被反復咀嚼和思索的文本。
评分這本書的閱讀體驗，與其說是看故事，不如說是一次密集的、高強度的精神衝擊。作者對“重復”的運用達到瞭齣神入化的地步，但這種重復不是簡單的重復，而是在每一次循環中，都加入瞭一個微妙的變異，就像是一個被精心編程的算法，每次運行都會産生略微不同的、但終將導嚮同一崩潰點的結果。這種精妙的結構設計，讓讀者在不知不覺中陷入瞭一種被睏住的感覺，仿佛自己也成為瞭故事中某個無法逃脫的循環的一部分。我特彆贊賞作者在描寫人物心理活動時所采用的散文詩般的語言，那種句子結構的長短交錯，節奏的變化，完美地模仿瞭人類在極度壓力下思維的跳躍和破碎。它不是一個容易消化的作品，需要時間消化，但它給予讀者的精神迴饋，絕對是豐厚而持久的。
评分說實話，這本書帶給我的震撼，更多是來自它對“邊緣”的描摹。它不滿足於傳統的善惡二元對立，而是將筆觸伸嚮瞭那些道德光譜上模糊不清的地帶。那些“不同種類”的死，在我腦海中留下的印象，不是血腥，而是一種深刻的、哲學層麵的錯位感。仿佛作者在用一種冷靜到近乎冰冷的科學傢的態度，解剖著生命的脆弱性和人類精神的韌性。我尤其欣賞其中幾處場景的留白處理，作者非常剋製地收住瞭本可以肆意揮灑的筆墨，反而將解釋的權力交還給瞭讀者，這種互動性極大地增強瞭故事的穿透力。讀完後，我花瞭很長時間來整理我的思緒，書中的一些意象，比如某種特定的顔色、重復齣現的聲音，會不時地跳齣來，提醒我這段閱讀經曆並非虛幻。它成功地在我的潛意識中植入瞭一種持續的、低頻的焦慮感，這種“後勁”，是很多追求快速刺激的作品所無法企及的。
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