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The fiction of Lucius Shepard has more to do with Joseph Conrad than Isaac Asimov. Fascinated by deception and decay, and generally labeled a cyberpunk writer, his work transcends the limits of genre fiction. Beast of the Heartland contains seven tales that explore the darkside where science fiction meets horror. Headed by the award-winning "Barnacle Bill the Spacer," a story of high-space mutiny, the book includes "A Little Night Music," a gothic tale of insanity; "All the Perfumes of Araby," where an adventurer in the Middle East links up with an ancient entity; "Human History," a postapocalyptic chiller; "Sports in America," a noir tale in the Chandler tradition; "The Sun Spider," a mini space opera; and the title story -- an ingenious picture of a battered boxer on the decline.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Science fiction

• Full title: Beast of the Heartland
• Author: Lucius Shepard
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9781568581262
• ISBN: 1568581262
• ID: 04816801
• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Weight: 182 g
• Dimensions: 178 × 114 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. February 1999

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