David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible Created and Edited by David Copperfield and Janet Berliner ; Preface by Dean Koontz // The Pictures in the listing are of the book that is for sale

David and Berliner, Janet, Ed Copperfield

ISBN 10: 0061054925 / ISBN 13: 9780061054921

Published by Harper, NY, 1996

About this Item

Harper Prism NY 1996 473 Pages. First Harper Paperback. All original stories by Larry Bond,Ray Bradbury, Eric Lustbader, Joyce Carol Oates, F. Paul Wilson, et al. Fine condition. Unread See photos. Sr 2/7 First Mass Market Paperback, First Printing.

Seller Inventory # 91895

Bibliographic Details

• Title: David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible Created and Edited by David Copperfield and Janet Berliner ; Preface by Dean Koontz // The Pictures in the listing are of the book that is for sale
• Publisher: Harper, NY
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061054925
• ISBN 13: 9780061054921
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • FICTION / Short Stories (single author)

About this title

Synopsis

Seventeen tales of murder, magic, and illusion include contributions by such popular authors as Eric Lustbader, Ray Bradbury, Larry Bond, Joyce Carol Oates, Dean Koontz, and Raymond E. Feist. Reprint.

From Publishers Weekly

A collection that includes, among other stories, a military tale from Larry Bond, a creepy puppet yarn by Joyce Carol Oates, an excerpt from an unfinished novel by the late comic-book artist Jack Kirby and the first published story by master prestidigitator Copperfield promises to be jarring, eclectic or just plain odd. This collection, built around the idea of magic and illusion, manages to be all three. Many of the 18 original stories here playfully or seriously embrace the weird, the supernatural and the bizarre?which is why Bond's war story, for its clarity and realism, seems to have wandered in from another book. High points include S.P. Somtow's "Diamonds Aren't Forever," which takes the idea that the world is illusion to a delightfully clever extreme; Eric Lustbader's "The Singing Tree," a moving story about death, reliving the past and new beginnings; a nifty F. Paul Wilson tale about an all-powerful word that, like all wish-fulfilling talismans, comes with its own curse; the haunting "Switch," by Lucy Taylor, in which a young girl's escape from reality leaves her with yet another reality to escape; and "Quicker than the Eye," a rare new tale by Ray Bradbury. Overall, this anthology, instead of celebrating that magic and sleight-of-hand that all good literature shares and evokes, reflects the merits of the Vegas-style magic extravaganzas for which Copperfield is known.
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