Book Description
In these fourteen short stories entertainment is explored in all its forms,
subtly twisted into alternate realities where music, boxing, film, and
television distort history to sometimes comic, sometimes tragic effect. In
Neilson's science fiction, fantasy lives just around the corner from
reality.
subtly twisted into alternate realities where music, boxing, film, and
television distort history to sometimes comic, sometimes tragic effect. In
Neilson's science fiction, fantasy lives just around the corner from
reality.
What if John Lennon had been kicked out of the Beatles? What if Elvis' twin
brother had survived? What if we could go back in time to give reality TV a
historical perspective? What if the Pope was Irish, a gambler, and needed
to bet on a dead cert? Open this book and find out.
From the Publisher
Elastic Press is the award-winning publisher of short story
collections.
collections.
From the Back Cover
"Here you'll find some very gritty and atmospheric stories, grainy with
detail, ranging from bittersweet ironies of missed chances in the past to a
harrowing account of exploitative near-future pugilism. John Lennon: now
who on Earth was he? Bob Neilson is a great story-teller." Ian Watson
detail, ranging from bittersweet ironies of missed chances in the past to a
harrowing account of exploitative near-future pugilism. John Lennon: now
who on Earth was he? Bob Neilson is a great story-teller." Ian Watson
"A great new talent in storytelling" - Anne McCaffrey
