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conversations.value: a description for a book titled The Very Best of Barry N. Malzberg about Campbell, Award, Best with the genre: Literature & Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies
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conversations.value: the author, who won the very first Campbell Award for Best New Writer, offers 36 stories spanning a lengthy career in this diverse collection, introduced by Amazing Stories editor Joe Wrzos. Political machinations, morality, and the difference between wielding power and being wielded by it form the core of stories like Anderson, Kingfish, and Blair House. Report to Headquarters explores what it means to be alien, while Galaxy Called Rome, Coursing, and Out from Ganymede deliver existential angst along with the loneliness of outer space. The Wooden Grenade, Final War, and Police Actions deliver insight into the insanity of war and the banality of evil. Black comedies like Leviticus: In the Ark, State of the Art, and Icons poke fun at themes often held sacred, including religion and celebrated writers and poets, while science fiction writers search for their lost sense of wonder in The Shores of Suitability, Playback, and Corridors. These stories showcase the dark humor and bitter incisiveness that have earned the author fans for nearly five decades. (Aug.)
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conversations.value: ). (Aug. These stories showcase the dark humor and bitter incisiveness that have earned the author fans for nearly five decades. Black comedies like Leviticus: In the Ark, State of the Art, and Icons poke fun at themes often held sacred, including religion and celebrated writers and poets, while science fiction writers search for their lost sense of wonder in The Shores of Suitability, Playback, and Corridors. The Wooden Grenade, Final War, and Police Actions deliver insight into the insanity of war and the banality of evil. Report to Headquarters explores what it means to be alien, while Galaxy Called Rome, Coursing, and Out from Ganymede deliver existential angst along with the loneliness of outer space. Political machinations, morality, and the difference between wielding power and being wielded by it form the core of stories like Anderson, Kingfish, and Blair House.the author, who won the very first Campbell Award for Best New Writer, offers 36 stories spanning a lengthy career in this diverse collection, introduced by Amazing Stories editor Joe Wrzos