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Title: In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories by Terry Bisson ISBN: 0-312-87404-9 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: A book this bad...
Comment: ...doesn't deserve to be in print. Terry Bisson has to be the absolute worst writer ever to be published. It only took three chapters from "In The Upper Room and Other Likely Stories" for me to determine that TB is completely untalented and probably got most of his ideas about writing from a weekend seminar called "Repetition is Funny or How to Say Things Until They Are Funny". I take that back, TB has one talent, and that is his talent to take a perfectly good premise and completely butcher it with his repetitive, dull and close minded style. I gave him three chances and he blew it three times in a row with the first three stories in this book. All the good ideas got mangled by his inept, sorry excuse for style. He is a one trick pony that is funny only by accident and even then not very. Mostly I found myself feeling sorry for the poor slob. Skip this book. I got it from the library and I am thinking of suing them mental anguish. Yuck yuck yuck... Avoid at all costs!
Rating: 5
Summary: Witty, Lovely, Sad
Comment: Terry Bisson is a treasure. He writes hopeful stories about the value of childhood dreams, as in the bittersweet "There Are No Dead," where three boys find a way to literally start over. He writes subtle and depressing stories about how technology can smother modern life ("In the Upper Room," "An Office Romance," "He Loved Lucy"). His dialogue is sharp and can carry entire stories ("10:07:24," "Smoother"). And at his best he has the ability to look at our world from a slightly skewed angle that allows him to see deep and disturbing truths, as he does in the chilling "macs." These stories are lovely, funny and sad, and they will make you think. If you haven't heard of Terry Bisson, this is a good entry point into his unique point of view.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not This Virginia
Comment: The stories in this collection vary from the profound to the wistful to the grandly comic. Among the more highly mentionable are "macs", "The Player" and "First Fire", all of which will linger in the mind long after the last page has been turned. But for me, the one that reached me the most was "Not This Virginia". Anyone who has ever had to deal with an elderly parent in decline will find something in this story. It touches the soul and says no, you are not alone. Thank you, Terry.
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Title: Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson ISBN: 0312890354 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang ISBN: 0765304198 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Golden Age (The Golden Age) by John C. Wright ISBN: 0812579844 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Pattern Recognition by William Gibson ISBN: 0399149864 Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Pickup Artist by Terry Bisson ISBN: 0312874219 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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