A few years ago there was an Internet Kerfluffle (IK) over the suggestion that Jewish writers didn’t work in fantasy because Judaism, “is a science fiction religion … collective, technical, and this-worldly.” The elevator pitch was that there was no “Jewish Narnia.” As Internet Kerfluffles are won’t to do, this stirred up a lot of responses. Now […]
From Sholom Aleichem to Avram Davidson, Isaac Bashevis Singer to Tony Kushner, the Jewish literary tradition has always been one rich in the supernatural and the fantastic. In these pages, gathered from the best short fiction of the last ten years, twenty authors prove that their heritage is alive and well—in the spaces between stars that an alphabet can bridge, folklore come to life and histories become stories, and all the places where old worlds and new collide and change.
From Sholom Aleichem to Avram Davidson, Isaac Bashevis Singer to Tony Kushner, the Jewish literary tradition has always been one rich in the supernatural and the fantastic. In these pages, gathered from the best short fiction of the last ten years, twenty authors prove that their heritage is alive and well—in the spaces between stars that an alphabet can bridge, folklore come to life and histories become stories, and all the places where old worlds and new collide and change.
People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy
People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940154348055 |
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Publisher: | Prime Books |
Publication date: | 12/18/2013 |
Sold by: | Draft2Digital |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 780 KB |