John Shirley (1) (1953–)
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Sull'Autore
John Shirley is the author of numerous novels and books of stories. He was co-screenwriter of The Crow, and has written scripts for television series and cable movies. He lives in California
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Serie
Opere di John Shirley
The Belonging Kind 8 copie
Barbara 5 copie
Shaman [short fiction] 3 copie
Will the Chill 2 copie
In the Cornelius Arms 2 copie
The Crow #4 2 copie
The Night of the Headless Horseman [1999 TV movie] — Writer — 2 copie
The Crow #3 2 copie
The Unfolding (Short story) 2 copie
Freezone [short fiction] 2 copie
Mask Game 2 copie
Buried In the Sky 2 copie
Under The Generator 2 copie
Animus Rights [short fiction] 2 copie
The Crow #5 1 copia
At Home with Azathoth 1 copia
Equilibrium 1 copia
Wings Burnt Black 1 copia
Two Strangers 1 copia
The Incorporated 1 copia
The Claw Spurs 1 copia
Provocatourist 1 copia
That Certain Day With Magdalen 1 copia
Cul-de-sac 1 copia
The Frozen Lake 1 copia
What Would You Do For Love? 1 copia
Black Glass Samples 1 copia
Talisman 1 copia
Pockets 1 copia
Total Eclipse 1 copia
Bitters 1 copia
Raise Your Hand If You're Dead 1 copia
Under The Plains Of Rust 1 copia
Pearldoll 1 copia
The Crow #2 1 copia
Opere correlate
Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1991) — Collaboratore — 248 copie
Three-fisted Tales of "Bob": Short Stories in the Subgenius Mythos (1990) — Collaboratore — 181 copie
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to… (2005) — Collaboratore — 127 copie
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Collaboratore — 45 copie
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps (2017) — Collaboratore — 34 copie
Backstage Passes: An Anthology of Rock & Roll Erotica from the Pages of Blue Blood Magazine (1996) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Science Fiction Eye #07, August 1990 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Science Fiction Eye #10, June 1992 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Cutter, John
- Data di nascita
- 1953-02-10
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Houston, Texas, USA
New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA - Relazioni
- The Panther Moderns
Utenti
Discussioni
THE DEEP ONES: "Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley in The Weird Tradition (Dicembre 2023)
Recensioni
This was surprisingly hard for me to stay engrossed in.......odd, considering vintage horror is one of my favorite reads. The characters and storyline were exactly what I usually enjoy reading. Maybe it was just me and I was too preoccupied, but I didn't love this one.
I enjoyed this novel very much. It felt like an episode of Grimm and gave me the urge to rewatch the series.
Yes, there were a few mistakes here and there, but the characters were true to their nature which is portrayed in the tv series.
The story kept me nailed, and I loved how they give more information about the Grimm bloodline.
Yes, there were a few mistakes here and there, but the characters were true to their nature which is portrayed in the tv series.
The story kept me nailed, and I loved how they give more information about the Grimm bloodline.
A reluctant three stars.
Three complaints:
1. Lack of motivation for one dramatic moment ... which was unfortunately the climax
2. One dramatic moment glossed over for no reason
3. Two parts where Shirley seemed as if he lost track of what was happening
But I like the world and the characters and the wackiness of working game mechanics into a coherent story. There's no point in applying too much critical thinking to this one.
Three complaints:
1. Lack of motivation for one dramatic moment ... which was unfortunately the climax
2. One dramatic moment glossed over for no reason
3. Two parts where Shirley seemed as if he lost track of what was happening
But I like the world and the characters and the wackiness of working game mechanics into a coherent story. There's no point in applying too much critical thinking to this one.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 122
- Opere correlate
- 109
- Utenti
- 4,438
- Popolarità
- #5,643
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 87
- ISBN
- 281
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 3
This book was very different from the other John Shirley books/stories that I've read before this. Usually his books are set in strange new worlds but this one was eerily close to our own. I won't just repeat the book description here, but I will say that you can tell the politics of most of the reviewers by how they reviewed it. This book is like a mini-dystopia, set in a community that through a natural disaster finds itself getting what it wished for... complete off-the-grid autonomy and self-rule. It is contemptuous of conspiracy-minded anti-intellectualism and Libertarian sensibilities. a caricatured vision of what would be seen as the "MAGA" crowd of today.
The writing is great, and paced appropriately. I didn't want to stop reading and the narration of the audiobook was on point. Readers of all speculative fiction should enjoy this book. The major characters are compelling and distinct. My only criticism of the book is probably directed on me more than the author... (I have a problem remembering people's names), the final few chapters of the book introduce a lot of minor characters that I had trouble remembering which "side" they were on. I found myself replaying the previous 15 seconds several times to make sure I was keeping things straight in my mind.
I really enjoy John Shirley's cyberpunk-type works, and this was not that, but with that being said, this was still a good book.… (altro)