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Delighted by the world he dreamed into existence, Talking Man, a godlike immortal, takes residence in his creation as a mechanic in Kentucky, but Dgene, Talking Man's dream-sister, tries to terminate the dream
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Having dreamt this world into being, the wizard called "Talking Man" falls in love with what he has made and retires there. He lives in a house trailer on a Kentucky hillside close by his junkyard, and he only uses magic on the rare occasions he can't fix a car the other way. He'd be there still if his jealous codreamer Dgene hadn't decided to undo his creation and return this world to nothingness. When Talking Man lights out to stop her, his daughter Crystal and chance-acquaintance William Williams give chase into a West that changes around them. The geography shimmers and melts, catfish big as boats are pulled from the Mississippi, the moon crumbles into luminous rings and refugees from burning cities choke the highways. A novel of the new South with a liberal dose of the old, fantastic and gothic, a road novel leading to the city at the end of time, a postmodern, Sam Shepard, apocalpseone you can drive to in a '62 Chrysler New Yorkerthis is a charming, literate, laconic tale, deceptively brief, teasingly allusive and very entertaining. Paperback rights to Avon.
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Arbor House Publishing October 1986, 1986
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Hardcover. Condition: SIGNED / VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY BISSON ON THE TITLE PAGE. first printing of this edition with a number line to the 1. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Signed By Author. Seller Inventory # 1572000
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. New York: Arbor House 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877958130 . First edition of the author's second novel [but his first hardcover novel]. 192 pages. Fine copy in like jacket. clph. Seller Inventory # 9491
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine -. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr, SIGNED by author on title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; boards are unbumped with sharp tips. The sharp and lustrous DJ is in protective mylar Brodart cover. You'll eat a chili dog with delight when this book arrives at your door -- with onions and all the fixins!!! NOTE: a small, very pale stain to the bottom of the pages, almost blends, a faint yellowish mark. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 013467
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Full printing line with "1" on its copyright page. Signed, with no personalization or inscription, by author Terry Bisson on its title page (in June 2011 while in Seattle for the Locus Awards events.) This book is in fine condition. Its binding is tight and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and unworn, with bright silver titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and -- other than Bisson's signature -- unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in near fine condition: whole, unmarked, and unworn, with very slight fading on its spine, otherwise bright. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003012
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stephen Gervais, dj art. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). The dust jacket is unclipped ($14.95). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page. Seller Inventory # 004265
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good softcover with straight, secure, uncreased spine, and clean interior and very good dust jacket. This is an advance uncorrected proof and includes materials from the publisher. Seller Inventory # ABE-1722360966357
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TALKING MAN
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1st edition. HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Signed by Bisson. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 13120
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Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Bisson. 1987 World Fantasy Award nominee. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-32. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#91880). Signed. Seller Inventory # 91880
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Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. Boldly SIGNED By Author on the Title Page. Author; s second novel and a 1987 World Fantasy Award nominee. Seller Inventory # 1002647