The Dog Said Bow-Wow Michael Swanwick Digital Life Books

The Dog Said Bow-Wow
by: Michael Swanwick

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781892391520
ISBN: 189239152X
Label: Tachyon Publications
Manufacturer: Tachyon Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: September 01, 2007
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Sales Rank: 167275
Studio: Tachyon Publications

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Science fiction and fantasy's most adept short-story author reinvents some classic themes in an engaging collection that includes three of his Hugo award–winning stories. These smart expansions of traditional themes summon dinosaurs, dragons, peril in space, myths, faeries, and time travel, each undergoing artful alchemy to create serious genre literature that is playful, original, and clever. Comprising 16 imaginative and mischievous adventures, including the previously unpublished novelette, The Skysailor's Tale, this adroit gathering makes a collection to truly revel in.

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- Wow, said the dog.
A good collection of short stories, some are really good, some skipable. The Darger and Surplus stories are fun and the Farie Bordello and the Urdumheim stories are top notch. I couldn't get into The Skysailor's Tale nor the dinosaur-time travel story. "A Small Room in Koboldtown" is a 2008 Hugo nominee, a fun and cool setting, but not much of a locked room mystery. Advisory warning: there's a fair amount of sex in the stories.

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- Short Story Goodness
Michael Swanwick, along with Connie Willis and Kelly Link, is one of the best science fiction short story writers out there. His re-imagining of fable and fantasy and setting it in a modern society where fairies and elves talk like your neighbor next door while wielding magic that lives in a our faintest memories is sometimes so good it can change how you look at the world we currently live in. Maybe there is still some magic out there.

Anyone that appreciates serious and challenging science fiction and fantasy short stories should gift themselves with this collection.

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- Another great Swanwick collection
This collection has a little bit of everything in it from dinosaurs to a bordello in Fairie. This is a good intro to Swanwick's work because his main areas of interest are all covered and if you like a certain story in the book you can find more like it. If you like this then check out his best collection in my opinion, Tales of the Old Earth.

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- My introduction to Michael Swanwick
I stumbled upon this anthology after scanning a list of past Hugo winners, looking for some authors with whom I was not yet acquainted. I wish I had discovered Michael Swanwick years ago. I couldn't put this book down. My wife got sick of me saying, "You know, this guy is really good." All of the stories were engaging, but I particularly enjoyed "Slow Life." It had a satisfying interplay of ideas that I won't spoil for you. And if you're a fan of Fahfrd and the Grey Mouser, you'll certainly enjoy the three Darger and Surplus stories. Don't let the simplicity of the title put you off; these are complex and well crafted stories woven by a master. I'm definitely going to add more Swanwick to my collection.

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