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In the Upper Room: And Other Likely Stories
| Author: | Terry Bisson |
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Tor, 2000 |
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| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories is the new collection of sixteen fantastic, ironic tales by Terry Bisson. Terry Bisson uses the fantastic genres as do Kurt Vonnegut or Harlan Ellison, and like them, he is one of the strikingly original voices in short fiction today, with an audience that transcends genre. "Particularly delightful," said The Christian Science Monitor of his first collection. Bisson writes entertaining and moving stories in a strong and unique voice. They are sharp, witty, subversive, and stylish. For instance:
An Office Romance: a story of the private lives of icons on a computer desktop.
First Fire: a scientist discovers a way to date burning flame's and tries it on one in an ancient temple, with astonishing results.
Macs: clones of murderous criminals, with no human rights, are sent to be the property of their victims' families.
From the author of "Bears Discover Fire," one of the most anthologized American short stories of the last decade, this is a collection of stories that originally appeared in sources as diverse as Asimov's SF, Playboy, Southern Exposure, and Crank! They are clever, slick, memorable, occasionally profound, and always surprising.
Table of Contents:
- In the Upper Room - (1996) - novelette
- There Are No Dead - (1995) - shortstory
- The Edge of the Universe - (1996) - novelette
- The Joe Show - (1994) - novelette
- macs - (1999) - shortstory
- Tell Them They Are All Full of Shit and They Should Fuck Off - (1994) - shortstory
- The Player - (1997) - shortstory
- An Office Romance - (1997) - shortstory
- 10:07:24 - (1995) - shortstory
- First Fire - (1998) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
- Get Me to the Church on Time - (1998) - novella
- Smoother - (1999) - shortstory
- Incident at Oak Ridge - (1998) - novelette
- Dead Man's Curve - (1994) - shortstory
- He Loved Lucy - (2000) - shortstory
- Not This Virginia - (1999) - shortstory
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