- Hardcover: 254 pages
- Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press; 1 edition (1 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1930846134
- ISBN-13: 978-1930846135
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.7 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,924,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Story collaborations between cult figure Howard Waldrop and numerous other celebrated science fiction and fantasy writers are collected for the first time in this unique volume. 'One Horse Town' breathes fresh life into an ancient tale, combining elements from the sack of Troy, Homer's early days, the last day in the life of a Trojan warrior, and the archaeological dig at Troy. In 'Custer's Last Jump!' the legendary Crazy Horse uses Confederate monoplanes in his famous battle against General Custer. 'A Voice and Bitter Weeping' paints a grim post-nuclear age where Israeli mercenaries fight Texans in a never-ending, hopeless war. Mystery, intrigue, and treachery abound in the Heian Japan setting of 'The Latter Days of the Law', where a clever man must find a lost prince.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
After all these years..,
By A Customer
This review is from: Custer's Last Jump: And Other Collaborations (Hardcover)
..we finally have access to H'ards's collaborations and it was worth the wait(mostly).Eight stories, three mini-essays and an introduction and preface for each of the stories. As usual the introductions are almost worth the admission price alone. The stories...One Horse Town (w/Leigh Kennedy) is the first and in my opinion, the best. Three different timelines merging together in spectacular fashion. ...Custers Last Jump (w/Steven Utley) A classic Alternative-History tale with sky-diving Apache braves and dog-fights over the plains ! ...The Latter Days of the Law (w/Bruce Sterling) This subtle story of Samurai's and court etiquette has more versimilitude than you can shake a stick at. The remainder of the stories are varied in quality but this collection should and probably will be on the shelves of any Waldrop fan of note.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Idea (...) from the galactic fringe,
By Eileen Gunn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Custer's Last Jump: And Other Collaborations (Hardcover)
The stories in this collection are great, of course. Some are recently published, some have been sprung from the prison of time, and one, the long-rumored collaboration between Howard Waldrop and Bruce Sterling, has never been published previously. The title story is the one that changed the ground rules for writing alternate history. These are stories of ideas -- of complete profligacy with ideas -- of inventing forms, pushing their envelopes, and making the rest of the world sit up and take notice.
Howard's collaborators are among the people who made Austin a free-fire zone of SF ideas and original stories in the Seventies and Eighties: Bruce Sterling, Steven Utley, George R. R. Martin, Leigh Kennedy, Buddy Saunders, and astrophysicist Al Jackson. Howard says it's "thirty years of the True History of SF." Since he and Saunders were in the 7th grade together, and he and Martin first started corresponding in 1963, so I'd say Howard is shorting himself a decade there, but really, who's counting? 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A dazzling display of literary imagination,
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Custer's Last Jump: And Other Collaborations (Hardcover)
Compiled by Howard Waldrop (a renowned writer of deftly researched alternate-history stories and winner of both the Nebula and World Fantasy awards), Custer's Last Jump And Other Collaborations is an enthralling anthology of original short stories in which Howard Waldrop combined his talent with other skilled wordweavers such as George R. R. Martin, Bruce Sterling, and others. From a unique perspective on the saga of Troy; to a distant future in which Mankind is nearly extinct; to an alternate history when Crazy Horse uses Confederate monoplanes against Custer; Custer's Last Jump And Other Collaborations is a dazzling display of literary imagination, and a very strongly recommended read for science fiction fans enthusiasts everywhere.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent read!,
By Richard J. Arndt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Custer's Last Jump: And Other Collaborations (Hardcover)
As always, Waldrop comes through, here in collborations with some of science fiction's brightest lights. Offbeat, well-researched and thought provoking. Well worth your time.
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