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Tachyon tidbits featuring James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Nalo Hopkinson, and Daryl Gregory
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The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.
John Kessel, James Patrick Kelly, Nalo Hopkinson (Photo by David Findlay), and Daryl Gregory
SPECULITION praises James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel’s FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY.
As editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel admit in the opening line of the introduction to their 2006 anthology FEELING VERY STRANGE, the term ‘slipstream’ may be the most subjective in genre. Working with Bruce Sterling’s initial stab at a definition, as well as some of their own ideas, the pair do, however, come up with a comprehensible set of parameters that may corral the term into a semi-manageable space. Namely a literature of “cognitive dissonance and strangeness triumphant”, they equate the ability to understand two realities within a story to a post-modern cognizance of different levels or perspectives to reality. Selecting fifteen previously published stories they feel representative of the notion, regardless whether the reader agrees with the definition of ‘slipstream’ provided, the stories offered are quality reading material in their own right, even as much as they are dissonantly strange.
In the end, FEELING VERY STRANGE is an anthology whose entries, and attempt at outlining the definition of ‘slipstream,’ can be discussed and argued about ad infinitum. But the bottom line is: do the stories fit within some fuzzy definition of the idea, and perhaps more importantly, are they good stories? The answer to all of this is ‘yes.’ Far more literary fiction than mainstream genre, readers looking for accessible material adhering to certain formulas and tropes will be very disappointed. Even if Kelly-Kessel are ‘wrong’ in their outline of slipstream, the underlying reality of the stories is anything but concrete, making for, at a very minimum, work that is ethereal than tangible, and that, after all, is what brings a lot of readers to the speculative fiction table to begin with.
In honor of Star Trek’s 50th, Nalo Hopkinson tweeted:
Me dressed as Lt. Uhura at the first con I ever attended, I think in 1978 #StarTrek50 #cosplay #gvstacon
Daryl Gregory, author of the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award winning WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE, is teaching a LOCUS Writers Workshop: single-day intensives, Bay Area on dynamic plotting
and believable characters.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Held in the East Bay with easy parking and near BART.
Includes tour of the Locus Magazine offices.DARYL GREGORY: RUNNING FROM BEARS
Daryl Gregory’s old acting teacher once told him that you can’t run from a bear—you can only run to what’s going to save you: the tree, the shotgun, or that spot just past your slower brother Louie. In this workshop you’ll learn how to create compelling stories by focusing on the essence of drama: characters who want something specific, and don’t get it until the end (if then). Through exercises and discussion you’ll learn practical techniques for creating dynamic plots, believable characters, and scenes that matter.
Locus Writers Workshops: Locus has been co-running a writing workshop in Seattle around the Locus Awards Weekend for the past few years and is excited to bring the class to the Bay Area. Past instructors include Connie Willis, Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Park, Christopher Barzak, and Daryl Gregory.
Thinking of attending? Please do. We support diversity! We encourage people of color, women, people with disabilities, older people, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to apply. We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, age, size, nationality, religion, culture, education level, and self-identification.
For more info about FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by John Berry
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Cover design by Elizabeth Story
Happy birthday to the award-winning author and anthologist James Patrick Kelly
Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized annmonn, birthday, burn, cyberpunk, digital rapture, feeling very strange, James Patrick Kelly, john berry, John Picacio, josh beatman, kafkaesque, patty nason, rewired, science fiction, slipstream, the secret history of science fiction
Photo: Bill Clemente
The
acclaimed James Patrick Kelly, author of six novels and five
collections of short stories, has garnered many awards including the
1996 Hugo for his novelette “Think Like a Dinosaur,” 2000 Hugo
for his novelette “10 to
16 to 1,” 2007
Nebula for the novella BURN, and numerous Locus and Asimov’s Readers’
Poll for many of his short stories. Among his brilliant novels are
PLANET OF WHISPERS, FREEDOM BEACH (with John Kessel), LOOK
INTO THE SUN, and WILDLIFE. Kelly’s amazing short stories have been
collected in HEROINES, THINK LIKE A DINOSAUR AND OTHER STORIES,
STRANGE BUT NOT A STRANGER, THE WRECK OF THE GODSPEED AND OTHER
STORIES, and the forthcoming MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION: JAMES
PATRICK KELLY.
Beginning
in 2006, Kelly began producing a series of successful anthologies
with his good friend John Kessel. The compelling books include
FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, REWIRED: THE
POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION,
KAFKAESQUE: STORIES INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA, DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE
SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY, and NEBULA AWARDS SHOWCASE.
All of us at Tachyon wish the sensational Jim, a happy birthday.
For more info about BURN, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by John Picacio
For more info about FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by John Berry
For more info about REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Patty Nason
For more info about THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Ann Monn
For more info about KAFKAESQUE: STORIES INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Josh Beatman
For more info about DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Josh Beatman.
Help wish James Patrick Kelly a happy birthday by winning a SIGNED book!
Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized Ann Monn, anthology, birthday, burn, Connie Willis, digital rapture, feeling very strange, Franz Kafka, giveaway, goodreads, James Patrick Kelly, john berry, John Kessel, John Picacio, josh beatman, kafkaesque, patty nason, post-cyberpunk, rewired, science fiction, singularity, slipstream, the secret history of science fiction
In celebration of James Patrick Kelly’s birthday, we are giving away a *SIGNED* copy of THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION. The book is not just signed by Kelley but also co-editor John Kessel and contributor Connie Willis.
As both an author and editor, James Patrick Kelly has been responsible for the acclaimed books WILDLIFE, BURN, THE WRECK OF THE GODSPEED, FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, KAFKAESQUE: STORIES INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA, and DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY. Kelly’s work garnered him two Hugos and a Nebula.
All of us at Tachyon wish the extraordinary Jim a happy birthday.
Visit GOODREADS for more details about the giveaway for the SIGNED copy of THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
“If you’re interested in reading a bunch of stories written by some of the best contemporary writers out there, you’ll like this anthology. If you also want to read some of the best science-fiction stories since the ’70s, you’ll love this anthology.”
—Tor.com
“All I really want to do, at the moment, is embrace the unsuspecting editors in a massive, spine-crunching bear hug”
—Los Angeles Times
The Secret Is Out
Exploring an alternate history of science fiction, this ingenious anthology showcases eighteen brilliant authors leading the way to a new literature of the future. These award-winning stories defy trends, cross genres, and prove that great fiction cannot be categorized.
Two strangely detached astronauts orbit Earth while a third world war rages on. A primatologist’s lover suspects her of obsession with one of her simian charges. The horrors of trench warfare dovetail with the theoretical workings of black holes. A dissolving marriage and bitter custody dispute are overshadowed by the arrival of time travelers. An astonishing invention that records the sense of touch is far too dangerous for Thomas Edison to reveal.
The future is here. Read it.
“These stories are good enough to make The New Yorker’s Eustace Tilley pop his cartoon monocle.”
—io9.com
“A compelling collection…very unique and thought provoking.”
—Sacramento Book Review
Table of Contents
- Introduction by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel
- “Angouleme” by Thomas M. Disch
- “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- “Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis” by Kate Wilhelm
- “Descent of Man” by T.C. Boyle
- “Human Moments in World War III” by Don DeLillo
- “Homelanding” by Margaret Atwood
- “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Carter Scholz
- “Interlocking Pieces” by Molly Gloss
- “Salvador” by Lucius Shepard
- “Schwarzschild Radius” by Connie Willis
- “Buddha Nostril Bird” by John Kessel
- “The Ziggurat” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Hardened Criminals” by Jonathan Lethem
- “Standing Room Only” by Karen Joy Fowler
- “10^16 to 1” by James Patrick Kelly
- “93990” by George Saunders
- “The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance” by Michael Chabon
- “Frankenstein’s Daughter” by Maureen F. McHugh
- “The Wizard of West Orange” by Steven Millhauser
For more info about THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Ann Monn.
For more info about BURN, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by John Picacio.
For more info about FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by John Berry.
For more info about REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Patty Nason.
For more info about KAFKAESQUE: STORIES INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Josh Beatman.
For more info about DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.
Cover by Josh Beatman.