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The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel
| Author: | John Kessel |
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Subterranean Press, 2022 |
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| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
The Dark Ride collects John Kessel's best short fiction, beginning with 1981's "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" and ending with 2021's "The Dark Ride." The stories range from flash pieces to novellas, from comedy to existential horror, from far future SF to Kafkaesque fantasy, including 40,000 words of never-before-collected fiction and extensive author's notes.
All his best are here, among them Nebula Award winners "Another Orphan" and "Pride and Prometheus," by the writer Sci-Fi Weekly called "quite possibly the best short story writer working in science fiction today."
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! - (1981) - novelette
- Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance - (2009) - novelette
- Pride and Prometheus - (2008) - novelette
- The Motorman's Coat - (2009) - short story
- The Closet - (2010) - short story
- Some Like It Cold - [Moment Universes] - (1995) - short story
- The Miracle of Ivar Avenue - [Moment Universes] - (1996) - novelette
- Spirit Level - (2020) - novelette
- Stories for Men - (2002) - novella
- The Pure Product - (1986) - novelette
- Gulliver at Home - (1997) - novelette
- Buddha Nostril Bird - (1990) - novelette
- Invaders - (1990) - novelette
- The Lecturer - (1984) - short story
- Buffalo - (1991) - short story
- Clean - (2011) - novelette
- Another Orphan - (1982) - novelette
- Consolation - (2015) - short story
- The Baum Plan for Financial Independence - (2004) - short story
- The Dark Ride - (2021) - novella
- Story Notes - essay by John Kessel
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