VANISHING ACTS: A Science Fiction Anthology.
Datlow, Ellen, editor. Joe Haldeman, signed.
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From Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 6, 1997
About this Item
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. An anthology with sixteen stories - 12 original to this volume, including a long novella by Ted Chiang, and 4 previously published - on the theme of endangered species. Other contributors include Suzy McKee Charnas, Bruce McAllister, Keren Joy Fowler, Brian Stableford, David Schow, and others. SIGNED by Joe Haldeman at his contribution, a poem "Endangered Species." 380 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 89700
Bibliographic Details
Title: VANISHING ACTS: A Science Fiction Anthology.
Publisher: New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000)
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
The central theme is that of endangered species: plant and animal, human and alien, real and imagined. The seven pieces that stand out include all four reprints. Bruce McAllister's "The Girl Who Loved Animals" and Karen Joy Fowler's "Faded Roses" are both set in near futures bereft of most of the mammal species we love. Both cultures try different solutions. Both stories are unbearably sad. Also poignant but uplifting in its theme of the redemptive power of music is Suzy McKee Charnas's "Listening to Brahms." M. Shayne Bell's "The Thing About Benny" is a more dispassionate examination of the practical impact of reduced biodiversity, and Mark W. Tiedemann gives us a cautionary tale of difference--and possibilities wrenched from our grasp. Interestingly, it is the oldest piece in the book, Avram Davison's "Now Let Us Sleep," that perhaps comes closest to mirroring third-millennial angst, cynicism, and despair. The last story, however, is the utterly delightful "Seventy-two Letters," a new novella from Ted Chiang, that allows the reader to close the book feeling hopeful about the perpetual self-renewal of life. --Luc Duplessis
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