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A compilation of fantastical short fiction, based on entertaining spelling bee words, features twenty-one original tales by such authors as Hal Duncan, Clare Dudman, Michael Moorcock, Jeff VanderMeer, Alan DeNiro, Tim Pratt, Michelle Richmond, and others. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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"This book is a logophile's dream—a left-field collection of stories inspired by winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who has ever spent an hour or two happily browsing the pages of a dictionary will find something to love here."—Kevin Brockmeier, author of A Brief History of the Dead
"Delightful.... A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere."—Booklist
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"Delightful.... A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere."—Booklist
Anthology editor John Klima spent the first quarter century of life in the state of Wisconsin. He moved to New Jersey in the late 90s to get a job in publishing. Since then John has worked in publishing, computer programming, and—since completing his Master's degree in Library and Information Science in December 2005—librarianship. He currently works as the young adult librarian and systems administrator at his local library. Outside of work, he edits the science fiction zine, Electric Velocipede.
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- EditoreSpectra
- Data di pubblicazione2007
- ISBN 10 0553384333
- ISBN 13 9780553384338
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine448
- RedattoreKlima John
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere."-BooklistFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today's most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea-a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them-Chiaroscuro- "The Chiaroscurist" by Hal DuncanLyceum- "Lyceum" by Liz WilliamsVivisepulture- "Vivisepulture" by David PrillEczema- "Eczema" by Clare DudmanSacrilege, Semaphore- "Semaphore" by Alex IrvineSmaragdine- "The Smaragdine Knot" by Marly YoumansInsouciant- "A Portrait in Ivory" by Michael MoorcockCambist- "The Cambist and Lord Iron- A Fairy Tale of Economics" by Daniel AbrahamLogorrhea- "Logorrhea" by Michelle RichmondPococurante- "Pococurante" by Anna TambourAutochthonous- "From Around Here" by Tim PrattVignette- "Vignette" by Elizabeth HandSycophant- "Plight of the Sycophant" by Alan DeNiroElegiacal- "The Last Elegy" by Matthew CheneyEudaemonic- "Eudaemonic" by Jay CaselbergMacerate- "Softer" by Paolo BacigalupiTransept- "Crossing the Seven" by Jay LakePsoriasis- "Tsuris" by Leslie WhatEuonym- "The Euonymist" by Neil WilliamsonDulcimer- "Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora GossAppoggiatura- "Appoggiatura" by Jeff VanderMeer"This book is a logophile's dream-a left-field collection of stories inspired by winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who has ever spent an hour or two happily browsing the pages of a dictionary will find something to love here."-Kevin Brockmeier, author ofA Brief History of the Dead This utterly original anthology of fantastical short stories based on beguiling spelling bee words arrives just in time for the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780553384338
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere."-BooklistFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today's most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea-a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them-Chiaroscuro- "The Chiaroscurist" by Hal DuncanLyceum- "Lyceum" by Liz WilliamsVivisepulture- "Vivisepulture" by David PrillEczema- "Eczema" by Clare DudmanSacrilege, Semaphore- "Semaphore" by Alex IrvineSmaragdine- "The Smaragdine Knot" by Marly YoumansInsouciant- "A Portrait in Ivory" by Michael MoorcockCambist- "The Cambist and Lord Iron- A Fairy Tale of Economics" by Daniel AbrahamLogorrhea- "Logorrhea" by Michelle RichmondPococurante- "Pococurante" by Anna TambourAutochthonous- "From Around Here" by Tim PrattVignette- "Vignette" by Elizabeth HandSycophant- "Plight of the Sycophant" by Alan DeNiroElegiacal- "The Last Elegy" by Matthew CheneyEudaemonic- "Eudaemonic" by Jay CaselbergMacerate- "Softer" by Paolo BacigalupiTransept- "Crossing the Seven" by Jay LakePsoriasis- "Tsuris" by Leslie WhatEuonym- "The Euonymist" by Neil WilliamsonDulcimer- "Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora GossAppoggiatura- "Appoggiatura" by Jeff VanderMeer"This book is a logophile's dream-a left-field collection of stories inspired by winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who has ever spent an hour or two happily browsing the pages of a dictionary will find something to love here."-Kevin Brockmeier, author ofA Brief History of the Dead This utterly original anthology of fantastical short stories based on beguiling spelling bee words arrives just in time for the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780553384338
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