Interstate Dreams

by Neal Barrett Jr., Joe R. Lansdale (Introduction)

Overview

2015 Austin, Texas. Dreamer trentottenne, ex militare dell’aviazione torna da un conflitto nel Sud del Messico con delle pietre preziose e un frammento di acciaio conficcato nel cranio che lo rende invisibile ai sistemi di sicurezza. Il suo unico desiderio è diventare un nero, dedicarsi alla Scopata-In-Corporea con una donna che non ha mai visto e al negozio di strani pesci acquistato con le pietre preziose che ha portato dal Messico. Ma presto Mako Binder, gangster e uomo d’affari, lo ingaggia per un furto al ventiduesimo piano dell’Enchanted Mesa West dove vive Diane una bambina bellissima che parla come nei romanzi rosa. Nel torrido e razzista Texas un turbinio di eventi porta al rapimento di Diane e delle donne di Dreamer. Riuscirà Dreamer a liberarle prima che vengano cedute al Principe arabo Abd-El-Yusuf?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788889993415
Publisher:	Miraviglia Editore
Publication date:	01/16/2014
Sold by:	eDigita
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	2 MB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

NEAL BARRETT, JR is an American treasure, a prolific author with a keen eye to character and the ability to make the improbable obvious. He has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories that span the field from mystery/suspense, fantasy, science fiction and historical novels, to "off-the-wall" mainstream fiction. Reviewers have defined his work as "stories that defy any category or convention..."

His “author’s best” collection, “Perpetuity Blues,” was a finalist for the 2001 World Fantasy Award.

His two fantasy novels featuring “Finn, the Lizard Master” have been published by Bantam---“The Prophecy Machine,” in 2000, and “The Treachery of Kings” in 2001. These novels were based on “The Lizard Shoppe,” which appeared in Dragon Magazine, and won the “best fiction of the year” award from The West Coast Publishers.

In addition to his appearance in numerous magazines, his work may be seen in collections such as The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nebula Awards, OMNI: Best Science Fiction, Asimov's Robots, Dark at Heart, The Year's Best Science Fiction (Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Annual Collections), etc.

His novelette, "Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus" was a finalist for both the SFWA NEBULA Award, and the Hugo Award, for best novelette of the year, and his story “Cush” was a Hugo nominee.

His short story, "Stairs," received a Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Barrett has a habit of crossing genre lines with his fiction. "Sallie C.," from The Best of the West, and "Winter on the Belle Fourche," from The New Frontier, were both chosen for Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction.

His novel, "Through Darkest America," received acclaim from readers and critics alike. Reviewer Edward Bryant called it "A book of astonishing power...simply one of the best..."