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2005 Hardcover First-First edition New in New jacket 1596060301 232 p. Finlay says he thinks of these 14 stories as apprentice work toward his novel The Prodigal Troll (2005), yet ... all are at least of journeyman quality. They show Finlay exploring a variety of genres, bringing freshness and intelligence to them all. His Lovecraft tribute artfully refrains from disclosing itself as such, especially stylistically, until the penultimate page. His zombie adventure ends not in horror or triumph but in dreadful doubt, especially for readers. Despite their military milieus and in-space settings, The Seal Hunter and The Political Officer are as focused on characters and interactions rather than slam-bang histrionics as any mainstream novel of suburbia. Still Life with Action Figure, a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism. The satires Pervert and A Game of Chicken take lively and imagina Read more Show Less

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Burton, MI 2005 Hard Cover First Edition New in New jacket Signed by Author First edition/first printing. Number 55 of 250 copies signed by the author, and includes the chapbook ... "Her Life Sentence" which was only released with the signed edition. Book is in fine (unread) condition with a fine unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. Read more Show Less

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Finlay shows himself to be a versatile writer of imaginative fiction in his first story collection. A Lake Erie couple must deal with the aftermath of their kinky proclivities in the unusual vampire story "Lucy, in Her Splendor." A wrestling fan finds Lovecraftian weirdness in "The Smackdown Outside Dedham." The literate, if only slightly fantastic, "Still Life with Action Figure" explores the relationship between an artistic father and son. A theocratic future in which men and women never commingle is the basis of "Pervert." Examining the meaning of freedom, "We Come Not to Praise Washington" is set in an alternative past in which George Washington died in 1793, Alexander Hamilton is the new "Washington," and Aaron Burr pleads that Thomas Jefferson be allowed to return from his exile at Napoleon's court. The brief, teasing "Footnotes" consists entirely of footnotes. The title story takes a different look at a character from Arthurian legend as well as the world of faerie. Solidly told and occasionally memorable, these 14 tales display an insightful knowledge of human nature. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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An eclectic debut story collection from Finlay (The Prodigal Troll, novel, June 2005), comprising 14 tales extending from mainstream fiction to heroic fantasy, with plenty of science fiction thrown in. The fantasies include the title piece, an Arthurian tale about a young Sir Percival; the story of a proprietor of a lakeside guest house who bests a vampire; and a sort of condensed novel in which three adventurers steal into a forbidden city to kill a transubstantiated evil sorcerer. In the mainstream category, a cartoonist struggles to come to terms with his brilliant artist father's incapacitating illness. The science fiction runs from dull (orthodox predatory UFOs; genetic engineering) through average (colonists battle to survive inside an asteroid out by Jupiter; an alternate history wherein Thomas Jefferson is a rebel and traitor) to the genuinely innovative: a substantial yarn-the only long story here-about an old Soviet-style officer aboard a starship in wartime whose actions show him to be both hero and villain. Others concern an Internet fact-finder rendered unemployed and irrelevant by artificial intelligence and a planet whose repressed populace consists, by order, entirely of homosexuals or hydrosexuals. There's also a startling conceit that consists entirely of alarming, amusing or dramatic footnotes, obliging readers to concoct their own explanations. Finlay displays an astonishing range, an active imagination and a developing assurance and control: a writer to watch.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781596060302
  • Publisher: Subterranean Press
  • Publication date: 10/28/2005
  • Pages: 232
  • Product dimensions: 6.28 (w) x 9.34 (h) x 0.95 (d)

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