Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:39:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [WSFA] Re: It never ends (thankfully) another review of Waldrop
From: "Elspeth Kovar" <ekovar at panix.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Cc: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Michael Walsh wrote:
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008637541_scifi18.html
>
> "The book includes such treasures as "Fin de Cyclé," a retelling of
> France's Dreyfus affair from the viewpoints of Marcel Proust, painter
> Henri Rousseau and Dadaist Alfred Jarry (transformed by Waldrop into
> rabid bicycle enthusiasts); "A Dozen Tough Jobs," which relocates
> Hercules and his labors to rural Mississippi in the 1920s; and
> "Flatfeet," featuring mummies, vampires, and proto-Hollywood's finest
> Keystone Kops in a series of dryly humorous vignettes."
>
> Two other neat books are reviewed.

One of them, "The Ant King and Other Stories", is by Benjamin Rosenbaum
who's been attending Capclave from the beginning.  I'm also impressed that
the reviewer chose books all published by small or specialty presses.  I
don't know if this is a commentary on changes in the world of publishing
but am glad that reviewers are paying attention to these.

Elspeth