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Based on the kinetic sculptures of Lisa Snellings, STRANGE ATTRACTION is a carnival ride of dark fantasy and horror. These 24 tales and poems explore the night-side of the looming Ferris wheel and its many inhabitants. But things aren't always what they seem on this ride and surprises await all who stand in line, waiting to experience the wheel for themselves. The ride is open. Admit one.
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Based on a series of sculptures and drawings by award-winning SF artist Lisa Snelling, the 24 stories in this impressive collection imagine the dark side of carnival life. In his introduction, Ellison writes of what happened when he ran away to the circus at age 13 (he ended up in jail, watching an alcoholic suffer the DTs); then contributors including Robert Sawyer, Caitlin Kieman, and Darrell Schweitzer deliver an unusual, character-rich array of weird carny stories. Charles de Lint weaves a layered tale about destiny and a ghostly Ferris wheel, for example, and Neil Gaiman cleverly imagines the travails of an unlucky Harlequin on Valentine's day. An unusual confabulation of strong writing, fantasy plot lines and artist-writer collaboration, the bookAedited by Horror Writers Association vice-president KramerAtakes the corny idea of the evil clown and twists it into something uncommonly inventive. (June)
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Lisa Snellings' Strange Attraction
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Shadowlands Press, Centreville, VA, 2000
ISBN 10: 193059500X
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Hardcover. Condition: Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Snellings, Lisa (jacket art) (illustrator). First Edition (so stated). Centreville, VA: Shadowlands Press, 2000. A reading copy. Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NO chips or tears. Crease to the jacket's rear turn-in flap. Sharp corners. Book condition is rated only Good due to a damp stain to several page corners at the lower outer edge. The stain is in the blank margin only and does NOT affect any text or illustrations. Includes original stories and poems by Ray Bradbury; Harlan Ellison; Neil Gaiman; Gene Wolfe and 20 others. Full color jacket art ["Turns of the Midnight Carnival Wheel"] and b/w interior plate illustrations based on the sculptutes of Lisa Snellings. Bound in the original silver-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Based on the kinetic sculptures of Lisa Snellings, STRANGE ATTRACTION is a carnival ride of dark fantasy and horror. These 24 tales and poems explore the night-side of the looming Ferris wheel and its many inhabitants. But things aren't always what they seem on this ride and surprises await all who stand in line, waiting to experience the wheel for themselves. The ride is open. Admit one." . First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Snellings, Lisa (jacket art). 8vo. 456pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 025831
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1st edition. HC in dust jacket (trade edition). 1st Printing. Stories and artwork based on sculptures of Lisa Snellings. Illustrated with 16 plates by Snellings. Introduction by Harlan Ellison and 25 original stories by Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ray Bradbury, Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Bishop, Chet Williamson, John Shirley, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Edward Bryant, S.P. Somtow, Nancy A. Collins, Nina Kiriki Hoffmann, Brad Linaweaver, Fred Olen Ray, Richard Lee Byers, David Niall Wilson, Darrell Schweitzer, and Peter Crowther. This copy signed by Gene Wolf, Richard Lee Byers and Brad Lineweaver. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 22626