A Thousand Deaths: Stories

Synopsis

Science fiction stories that offer &“a poignant glimpse into the author&’s psyche . . . this bittersweet collection [is] one to be cherished&” (Publishers Weekly). When we first meet Courane, he must face down TECT, the self-aware computer that has come to control Earth and its colonial planets. Exiled to Planet D, Courane races to cure the debilitating disease that attacks each of the planet&’s residents, even as his own memory begins to fade. Unfortunately, his only source of information about the illness is TECT itself, and the computer&’s agenda doesn&’t seem to line up with Courane&’s. In the seven other stories contained in A Thousand Deaths, Courane begins to blur reality and fiction as Effinger expertly plays with narrative conventions. However, these are not simply the whims of a science fiction writer; they are the frameworks the Nebula and Hugo Award–nominated author uses to answer questions about existence no one else even thought to ask. While George Alec Effinger&’s Budayeen novel When Gravity Fails is perhaps his most famous work, his lesser-known novel The Wolves of Memory remained his favorite. In it, he introduced readers to Sandor Courane, an everyman and Effinger stand-in who struggles as he swims against the currents of fate. In life and in his multiple deaths, Sandor Courane serves as the unifying force in this collection of Effinger&’s stories, starting with The Wolves of Memory and getting ever more clever and off the wall from there.

Copyright:

2007

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

343 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781497605527

Publisher:

Open Road Media

Date of Addition:

11/28/24

Copyrighted By:

The Estate of George Alec Effinger.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Marty Halpern

Introduction by:

Mike Resnick