Greetings: & Other Stories

by Terry Bisson

You're about to face off with an Ashcroft van, break out from an assisted-dying facility, witness a volunteer crucifixion, endure a Neanderthal eviction, and journey to the end of time on a porch... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892391244
• ISBN13: 9781892391247
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Tachyon Publications
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Bisson is a fine writer

Terry Bisson is a particularly fine writer. I have several of his books and have enjoyed them all.

10 shorts represent the best of Bisson's other times and worlds

Terry Bisson's GREETINGS & OTHER STORIES selects ten satiric short stories to represent the best of Bisson's explorations into other times and worlds. There's always a moral and ethical edge to his explorations - and always an assembly of diverse, unpredictable plots and different settings to keep readers on their toes. From an online girl who was killed but is alive in cyberspace to a different kind of terrorist threat, GREETINGS AND OTHER STORIES are steeped in strong characterization and solid science.

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Decoding the puzzle of language is inherently part of the fun of reading a Terry Bisson story, which often relies on adept liguistic manipulation to convey ideas as well as to establish mood. When he sets out to write a story, TB is always clear in his own mind what he is going to get said. Before the end of the story you realize that he's also a good storyteller with a totally original mind. Greetings: & Other Stories finds this skilled veteran at the peak of his strength working in the medium of the literary short story. Serious, totally honest, deeply felt. An excellent read.