Amazed, frankly, to find that I enjoyed these stories am thoroughly as I did! Not my usual reading, I took up this volume on only the recommendation of the critic, Michael Dirda, and with considerable skepticism, as I do not read science fiction or fantasy, as such anymore, and haven't since my teens. Waldrop does indeed deserve his rather cultish reputation within the genre, but I am now convinced he deserves a wider and more serious readership as well. These stories are the equal -- in invention, execution and wit -- of Philip K. Dick, and while, as I understand it, Waldrop has produced nothing like Dick's full shelf of novels, stories, essays and the like, Waldrop nevertheless in his smaller way is just as good.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Quick Review
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