Category: Fantasy Publisher: Author House
ISBN-10: 1504986733
Type: Fiction
Pages: 198
Copyright: April 15, 2016
ISBN-13: 9781504986731
Dreams, Nightmares, Questions and Futures.
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. . ." Those words still ring true today; perhaps more now (in the adolescence of the twenty-first century) then at any other time in the nearly one hundred years since they were first committed to paper by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Mere Anarchy is a collection of stories describing the dreams, nightmares, questions, and futures of a restless mind and a restless age. In these pages, Daniel E. Lambert transports you to times and places where the intellect of a great detective is copied into a robotic body, a jade statuette bends the fabric of time, a college student communicates with otherworldly visitors through her unusual hair style, and a con man is stung by the product of his own devious magic. Open this book and enter the world of Mere Anarchy: a world with no longitude, no latitude, no road map, and no easy way out.
f 5 starsSomething for everyone who loves genre fiction! By Dyana Aseton March 20, 2017
"I knew we were in trouble when Jesus started getting preachy with the guy in the stovepipe hat."--"My Dinner With Avatars"
Something here for everyone who loves genre fiction! I really enjoyed this selection of horror, science fiction, mystery, and even war fiction. Lambert does well when he goes into Ray Bradbury and Sherlock Holmes tribute fiction, and there are a couple of shocking horror stories that would work for the hardcore fan. As with the opening line I quoted above, Lambert's sense of humor is almost always in play, either in subtle or more obvious ways. I think that's what I like best in his fiction, perhaps; his sense that there is something humorous in almost every situation, being it pure silliness or the blackest of black humor.
Not all the stories have violence or sex, but enough of them do that I thought it prudent to mention it. Not that this is a bad thing, of course! There's a fun bit of erotica in one story as well as--let's just say a scary bedroom scene in another story.
I think this book would be most appreciated for its true sense of the love of genre fiction, and those who like horror and science fiction, especially with a Twilight-Zone type twist or a snide remark or two would probably enjoy this the most. Fans of Bradbury and Conan Doyle will get their money's worth as well.
It's also a good overview of the author's short fiction. It's not often that we get a collection that covers more than one genre of a writer's work, but here we get several. That's one of the things I like best about the collection. I'm looking forward to seeing more of his fiction in the future.
The first instalment of The Tales of Bowen unfolds a mesmerizing anthology of narratives intricately woven together by a grand overarching storyline, set against the enchanting backdrop of the mystical realms of Dagonfell.
Born of their seeds, kingdom will rise against kingdom, one will hold great mysteries, one will turn the tide and one will not be bound. War is fought, not only on the field but also within the mind. Nothing is what it seems take nothing for granted.
