The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (eBook, ePUB)

Exhibits, Oddities, Images, & Stories from Top Authors & Artists
Redaktion: Vandermeer, Ann; VanderMeer, Jeff

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Some of the most interesting fantasist-fabulists writing today," including China Miéville, Mike Mignola, Ted Chiang, Holly Black, and others ( Los Angeles Times). You'll be astonished by what you'll find in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. Editors Ann and Jeff Vandermeer have gathered together a spectacular array of exhibits, oddities, images, and stories by some of the most renowned and bestselling writers and artists in speculative and graphic fiction, including Ted Chiang, Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), China Miéville, and Michael Moorcock. A spectacularly illustrated anthology of Victorian steampunk devices and the stories behind them, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiositiesis a boldly original, enthrallingly imaginative, and endlessly entertaining entry into a hidden world of weird science and unnatural nature that will appeal equally to fantasy lovers and graphic novel aficionados. "A book likely to become a classic at the intersection of fantasy, horror, steampunk and magical realism . . . Every fantasy lover, and all you postmodernists out there, need to take a tour of the Cabinet." - PopMatters "Working with an impressive stable of sf and fantasy writers, including Holly Black, Cherie Priest, Tad Williams, and Lev Grossman, and styles ranging from short, detailed write-ups to fascinating tales of objects, the duo have created a fascinating, entertaining, and intriguing tome of sf with a dose of steampunk." - Library Journal(starred review) "A science-fiction symphony of strangeness . . . TheCabinet of Curiositieswill give you a good jolt of wonder." - Gainesville Times "A book that will be absolutely cherished by fantasy, science fiction, and steampunk aficionados alike." -Paul Goat Allen

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins e-books
• Seitenzahl: 339
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062109927
• Artikelnr.: 38008602

Autorenporträt

Hugo Award?winner Ann VanderMeer and World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff VanderMeer have recently coedited such anthologies as Best American Fantasy #1 & 2, Steampunk, Steampunk Reloaded, The New Weird, Last Drink Bird Head, and Fast Ships, Black Sails. They are the coauthors of The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals. Future projects include The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Fictions, for Atlantic. Jeff's latest books are the novel Finch, a World Fantasy Award and Nebula Award finalist; the story collection The Third Bear; the nonfiction collection Monstrous Creatures; the coffee-table book The Steampunk Bible (with S. J. Chambers); and the writing strategy guide Booklife. Ann is the editor in chief of Weird Tales magazine and has a regular art column on the popular SF/fantasy Web site io9. Together, they have been profiled by National Public Radio and the New York Times' Papercuts blog. They are active teachers, and have taught at Clarion San Diego, Odyssey, and the teen writing camp Shared Worlds, for which Jeff serves as the assistant director. They live in Tallahassee, Florida, with too many books and four cats.