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<p>Praise for Geoff Ryman's most recent novel: <p> [Ryman] has not so much created as revealed a world in which the promise of redemption takes seed even in horror. -- The Boston Globe <p> Inordinately readable . . . extraordinary in its detail, color and brutality. -- The Independent (UK)<p>Geoff Ryman writes about the other and leaves us dissected in the process. His stories are set in recognizable places--London, Cambodia, tomorrow--and feature men and women caught in recognizable situations (or technologies) and not sure which way to turn. They, we, should obviously choose what's right. But what if that's difficult? What will we do? What we should, or . . . ?<p> Paradise Tales builds on the success of his most recent novel, The King's Last Song, and on the two Cambodian stories included here, The Last Ten Years of the Hero Kai and the exceedingly-popular Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter. Over the next year or so Small Beer Press will be reprinting Ryman's novels Was and The Child Garden and a collection, The Unconquered Countries, with new introductions to continue to build the readership of one of the most fascinating writers exploring the edges of being, gender, science, and fiction.<p>Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels The King's Last Song, Air (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and The Unconquered Country (a World Fantasy Award winner). Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.
By: Geoff Ryman
Imprint: SMALL BEER PRESS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 18mm, Width: 213mm, Spine: 140mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN:
9781931520645
ISBN 10: 193152064X
Pages: 300
Publication Date: July 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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Paradise Tales includes one of the most powerful stories I've read in the last 10 years. <br>-- New York Times <br><br> In the best of Ryman's fiction, the world unfolds in ways that are at once astonishing and thoroughly thought out, both radically disorienting and emotionally powerful. <br>--Gary K. Wolfe, Locus <br><br> Often contemplative and subtly ironic, the 16 stories in this outstanding collection work imaginative riffs on a variety of fantasy and SF themes.... Readers of all stripes will appreciate these thoughtful tales. <br>-- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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