This mesmerising collection from World Fantasy Award-winner James P. Blaylock offers seven brilliant excursions into one of the most idiosyncratic imaginations of our time. Highlighted by the acclaimed novella, The Trismegistus Club --a brilliant riff on the antiquarian ghost story-- In for a Penny goes from strength to strength, taking us deep into the heart of a quirky, deeply engaging fictional world that no one but Blaylock could have created. Other high points include "Home Before Dark," which chronicles one man's ...
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This mesmerising collection from World Fantasy Award-winner James P. Blaylock offers seven brilliant excursions into one of the most idiosyncratic imaginations of our time. Highlighted by the acclaimed novella, The Trismegistus Club --a brilliant riff on the antiquarian ghost story-- In for a Penny goes from strength to strength, taking us deep into the heart of a quirky, deeply engaging fictional world that no one but Blaylock could have created. Other high points include "Home Before Dark," which chronicles one man's first few hours in the afterlife. Its thematic companion, "Small Houses," recounts an aging widower's last few hours on Earth. Both stories constitute deeply felt, lovingly detailed farewells to the things and places of this world. In "The Other Side," a minor precognitive episode leads the hero to an obsessive fascination with the hidden mysteries of the universe. In "His Own Back Yard," a story worthy of the great Jack Finney, a middle-aged man finds himself stranded in the haunted territory of his childhood. The blackly funny "War of the Worlds" uses a bowling ball and the imminent end of Life As We Know It to illuminate the fault lines in a modern marriage. Finally, in the wonderfully imagined title story, the single-minded pursuit of treasure--of something for nothing--leads Blaylock's protagonist to a harrowing confrontation with his own worst self. Startling, funny, eccentric, and often unexpectedly moving, the Blaylockian worldview shines forth with undiminished vigor in this marvellous collection, which shows us ourselves--and the world around us--from a wholly unique perspective.
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Gnemo. 182 p. 1st Limited Edition hardcover from Subterranean, 2003. SIGNED BY JAMES P BLAYLOCK! #49 of 750 such numbered copies. NEW IN DJ. Gnemo jacket art.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. 2003, first edition. #470 of 750 signed, numbered, limited edition copies. Signed by author James P. Blaylock at the limitation page. 182 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with bronze spine titles, cloth fine. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket fine in Mylar. Pages clean and bright, unmarked.
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Gnemo. 1ST SIGNED, LETTERED EDITION IN JACKET AND TRAYCASE! 1 of only 52 such copies. Seven stories and an intro by Blaylock. Jacket art by Gnemo. NEW. Perfect condition.
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Collects 7 stories, one of which, "The Tresmegistus Club" is published here for the first time, plus an introduction by the author. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Collects 7 stories, one of which, "The Tresmegistus Club" is published here for the first time, plus an introduction by the author. One of 52 lettered copies signed by Blaylock. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and traycase.
