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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion (edizione 2012)di Walter Mosley
Informazioni sull'operaThe Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion di Walter Mosley
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. First time of this author and really enjoyed both stories. He really has a way with words and telling a story.. ( ) This book consists of two speculative novellas by Walter Mosley -- one involving Prometheus’s return to contemporary south-central Los Angeles; the other an animatronics firm’s discovery of a portal to the cosmos. I read very little genre fiction but was eager to read these because I’ve hugely enjoyed Mosley’s writing and rich characterization, especially The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned and Little Scarlet. So I’m distressed to report that I hated these. They have a YA (vs. adult) feel, and (more than once) I envisioned a high-schooler writing them on his way to turn them in during class -- very thin, a mere outline of character and plot (especially in “On the Head of a Pin”), where I was continuously blind-sided by last-moment information, new characters and unearned twists. As I said and to be fair, I’m not familiar with the conventions of this genre -- these novellas may fit them well. But I am confident in suggesting them only to fans of speculative fiction. (Review based on an advance reading copy provided by the publisher.) Walter Mosley is a very good story teller. I like him because he fires my imagination. He is rightly noted for his detective fiction featuring Easy Rawlins, but as shown in these two stories, he seems to know no boundaries. "On The Head Of A Pin" deals with the consequences of being able to see into the past and the future. The other story tells the tale of an attempt to lift man from the dregs of our society to the heights our souls were meant achieve. While both stories are very imaginative and well written, I definitely preferred the story,"On The Head Of A Pin",for it's imaginative theme combined with more believable characterizations. Mosley can take you from the heights of a mountain to the depths of your soul. He can help us count the the angels sitting on a pin or give our souls the gift of fire. Book provided for review by the well read folks of Amazon Vine and Tor publishers. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieCrosstown to Oblivion (1a-b) Contiene
A single-volume compendium, published in a flip-over format, includes The Gift of Fire, in which champion of humankind Prometheus emerges in present-day Los Angeles; and On the Head of a Pin, in which breakthroughs in advanced animatronics lead to a reality-shattering discovery. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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