- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 031287524X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312875244
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,517,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Archons and Demiurges Populating Northern Lights of Toronto, 6 Feb 2001
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Perseids (Hardcover)
Robert Charles Wilson's fictions are always a great pleasure to read: populated by heartbroken, sometimes courageous, sometimes tragic characters caught in the galactic spinning wheels not of their design, depicted in elegant, spare and caustically witty prose, and addressing heavy metaphysical questions without losing sight of human-scale sufferings and losses. I sort of regard him as Graham Greene of contemporary science fiction, a healthy antidote to all the postmodern ironies and self-congratulatory razzle-dazzle that infect fictions of every genre these days. His first collection of short stories is, if anything, sparer and tougher than his epic novels like MYSTERIUM or DARWINA. Without employing unnecessary pyrotechnics (although he does kill off all life on earth in "Infinity Divided by Infinity") or dangling his attitude in front of our noses, Wilson draws us into the realm of horrors and wonders both cosmic (like Lovecraft minus the baroque intimations of "unspeakable") and personal. Potentially dreary subjects like alien abduction ("The Observer") and mineral-based life form ("Pearl Baby") are reworked into strange and unexpected touching meditations on the nature of mystery and the human ambivalence toward it. On the other hand, the collection's intimate scope might turn off fans of BIOS and DARWINIA, the stories being firmly rooted in the physical and emotional geography of Toronto. Some may also feel that science is not "hard" enough; others may object to the author's somewhat strenuous effort to construct a "shared world" around the stories that seem to have very little in common. I for one am quite satisfied, and am eagerly looking forward to his second collection.
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Linked pieces of a whole, 13 Jan 2011
By Dick Stanley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Perseids and Other Stories (Paperback)
The alternating fragile and strong linkages between the stories makes them more fun to read and think about than if they were all completely separate. Even down to giving the same phrases and similar ideas to new characters and their different perspectives. Even the lightweight stories, like Ulysses Sees The Moon..., find a nice fit in the whole. A few of them even end positively, which is a refreshing change from most modern short stories.
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Succeeds Every Time, 4 Dec 2010
By Ellzeena - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Perseids and Other Stories (Paperback)
Wilson is a brilliant story teller. Each story stands on its own as a compelling and scary experience with full bodied characters you easily come to like, hate, even fear. His rendering of Toronto is such that I feel I have walked its streets. There are several sub-plots that weave together, not in a way that disrupts each tale but rather come together in a surprising, amusing and satisfying way toward the end of the work. Highly recommended.
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