Hidden Turnings: A Collection of Stories Through Time and Space

Jones, Diana Wynne (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0688091636 / ISBN 13: 9780688091637

Published by Greenwillow Books, New York, 1989

About this Item

Octavo. Seafoam green boards quarterbound in a darker seafoam green colored cloth backstrip with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has a very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Very light seafoam green colored endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Faint evidence of handling on the outside edge of the textblock - pages are otherwise clean, white, and crisp. 182 pages. Dust Jacket - has a very faint wrinkle at the rear corner of the tail of the spine. Nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tip of the lower front outside and upper rear outside corners - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. A lovely copy! Features work from Jones herself, as well as Terry Pratchett, Roger Zelazny, Geraldine Harris, Tanith Lee, and others.

Seller Inventory # 012751

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hidden Turnings: A Collection of Stories Through Time and Space
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688091636
• ISBN 13: 9780688091637
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: VG+
• Dust Jacket Condition: NF
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Young Adult / Middle Grade Reader

About this title

Synopsis

A collection of twelve fantasy stories on the theme of the supernatural touching and changing everyday life.

Reviews

The hidden turnings in these 12 stories include unexpected twists in space and occasionally time, along with the ability to "lead the reader around some hidden turning of the mind into remarkable new places," as noted by Jones in her introduction. Most of the stories run from 8 to 16 pages; among the contributors are Robert Westall, Helen Cresswell, and Tanith Lee. Themes and moods vary, but many of the stories speak with a decidedly British accent, which is entirely in harmony with tales of such wondrous folk as Garry Kilworth's "Dogfaerie" and the 13th-century monk who finds himself at a 20th-century rock festival in Mary Rayner's "The Vision." Jones appears as author as well as editor with "The Master," an unusual mix of horror fantasy and technological science fiction. The longest story is Roger Zelazny's "Kalifriki of the Thread," a masterfully constructed odyssey of hunter and prey through time and worlds utterly unlike our own. Some of the shorter stories could be useful read-alouds for a middle-school audience (usually horror fans to begin with). Consider Terry Pratchett's "Turntables of the Night," which introduces a pair of bumbling disc jockeys to Death, the ultimate collector. --Susan L. Rogers, Chestnut Hill Academy, PA
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