HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Three stories by Blaylock, each a collaboration with one of his students, Adriana Campoy, Brittany Cox and Alex Hanford. Introduction and illustrations by Tim Powers and an afterword by William Ashbless. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by all contributors. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

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Title

METAMORPHOSIS

Publisher

Subterranean Press., Burton, MI:

Publication Date

2009

Language

English

ISBN 10

1596062215

ISBN 13

9781596062214

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Tim Powers

Edition

1st edition.

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Science Fiction / Fantasy

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Synopsis

...Metamorphosis: three stories, each one involving a man who discovers that he has come to dwell, for an hour or for a lifetime, in a house and in a mind not quite his own. Each one opens doors onto rooms of illusion, radiance, regret, and dark enchantment. Welcome to the stories of three young writers, stories written in collaboration with James P. Blaylock. Welcome to the borderland of illusion and reality.

Three tales, written in collaboration by James P. Blaylock with students in a class by Tim Powers, with an introduction and illustrations by Tim, an afterword by Blaylock, and some necessary meddling by William Ashbless.

Reviews

Coauthored by Blaylock and a trio of his high school students, these three reflective short-short stories employing Blaylock's signature nostalgic prose are individually strong in technique, but weakened by thematic similarities. The eccentric hero of Adriana Campoy's lighthearted Stone Eggs uncovers an entryway into a fantastic world while house-sitting for his uncle. In Brittany Cox's well-written but unexciting P-38, Anderson revisits his imperfect childhood by assembling a model airplane from his father's former shop. Alex Haniford's Houses hurtles toward darkness when Michael returns home for his mother's funeral and accidentally unearths the chilling secret behind his father's spiraling dementia. While Tim Powers offers a short foreword and William Ashbless (Powers and Blaylock's joint nom de plume) provides a whimsical afterword, readers will recognize both as padding and be left wanting more real content. (Apr.)
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