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ParaSpheres

Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories

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Exploring the porous boundary between mainstream literary fiction and the genres of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, this collection of short stories juxtaposes the conventional and the fabulist—with dazzling results. In Rikki Ducornet’s “Lettuce,” a petitioner in a futuContinue

Exploring the porous boundary between mainstream literary fiction and the genres of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, this collection of short stories juxtaposes the conventional and the fabulist—with dazzling results. In Rikki Ducornet’s “Lettuce,” a petitioner in a futuristic totalitarian state pays with his life when he requests permission to grow lettuce; “Birthday of the World,” by Ursula K. Le Guin, is narrated by a woman whose brother destroys their culture when he decides he wants to be God; and the disillusioned wife in Carol Schwalberg’s “The Midnight Lover” finds the perfect marriage partner in her dreams, only to be divorced by the dream lover. Containing 50 works by genre writers Kim Stanley Robinson and Michael Moorcock and noted literary authors Laird Hunt and Brian Evenson, this compilation expands the fiction subgenre that has been called “speculative” and “slipstream.”

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  • ParaSpheres

    The anthologist’s job can be pretty thankless. However inclusive you are, however clearly you mark the boundaries of your mission, it’s impossible to satisfy everyone. But to compensate for the inevitable and variable ingratitude of readers, antholog ... (read full critics)

    believermag published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

  • Paraspheres

    This anthology, as its subtitle “Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction” suggests, attempts to map a peculiar space in its pages. A gigantic tome over 600 pages long, it seeks to bring together all sorts of non-realistic literatur ... (read full critics)

    raintaxi published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 640 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 1890650188
  • ISBN-13: 9781890650186
  • Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing
  • Pub date: Jun 01, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
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