New Howard Waldrop collection: sf's master of the short story
Old Earth Books has put together a wonderful collection of short stories by one of science fiction's great masters, Howard Waldrop. Waldrop writes the funniest, most bent short sf you've ever read ("Night of the Cooters" retells War of the Worlds, but as though the Martians had touched down in a rough-and-tumble Texas town). I was weaned on his collections. The new book, Things Will Never Be the Same, collects stories from 1980 to 2005, running the gamut from alternate history to comedy to just flat-out Waldroppian weirdness.
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Old Earth Books's page with other Waldrop books
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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