- Hardcover: 68 pages
- Publisher: Subterranean Press; illustrated edition edition (November 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1596061413
- ISBN-13: 978-1596061415
- Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 11.9 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,895,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
SF vets Tim Powers and James P. Blaylock present a lost short story by their fictional poet, William Ashbless, with Powers providing a pseudo-scholarly introduction and Blaylock an afterword. Ashbless himself gets the last word in a postscript. Humorous annotations often occupy more of the page than the actual text of the fairly cryptic story, which alternates between narrator Sikorski's recollections of childhood and a failed romance in the past and his current encounter with the enigmatic Colonel Wick. This slight, entertaining diversion is enhanced by Gahan Wilson's illustrations, particularly one of a sturgeon.
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2.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ashbless: Poet for the 21st Century, Mar 21 2008
By Douglas J. Fort "Consulting Programmer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pilot Light (Hardcover)
In spite of sabotage by the postmodern pranksters Blaylock and Powers, this memoir shows the true greatness of William Ashbless.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Notes from napkins..., Mar 6 2008
By Alex Merkher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pilot Light (Hardcover)
This is not a novel, or a short story - it's a pamphlet. It's a very short satirical piece that is made up of a jumble of interviews, short story outtakes, and excessive annotations, all involving the fictional author William Ashbless. If you are looking for Tim Powers' usual excellent fiction - this is not it. For those who are closely following the history and adventures of William Ashbless, and are intensely interested in this main hero of Anubis Gate, I wouldn't recommend this pamphlet even for you. I am somewhat offended by Powers and Blaylock sticking it to their fans - this work, as a hard cover book is not worth it. If it had been included in a larger anthology of Ashbless' works, letters, and IOUs, then maybe I can see the value in that.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of a letdown, Feb 24 2008
By David Dunham - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pilot Light (Hardcover)
I was hoping for a lost treasure, instead it seems to be a bunch of in jokes from Powers and Blaylock.
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