Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories

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From the gentle fantasies that include the wry title storywinner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awardsto ecological allegories; a horrific novelette about experimental excursions into the realm of death; and a first-contact mini-epic, this anthology showcases the wide range of Bisson's powerful talent. In every piece, Bisson's characters are just as absurd as their fantastic landscape, yet thoroughly ordinary, recognizable, and authentic. His pack of scientists, artists, rednecks, insurance salesmen, astronauts, truck drivers, owlish British gentlemen, and others will stay with you like your best friends and quirkiest relations.


Review: Every story showcases Bisson's keen intelligence and distinctive gift for deliciously wry prose--which make him highly recommendable to story enthusiasts regardless of their genre preference. --Carl Hays, Booklist

Bisson's stock in trade is whimsy where, at his best, he combines a splendidly loopy inventiveness with real poignancy, a hard-edged sense of wonder and a grasp of the genuinely alien. The exemplars here: the award-winning title piece, in which bears forgo hibernation in favor of camping out along interstate highway medians, warming themselves at ineptly smoky fires; the funny but affecting long story of alien contact and an aging astronaut ("The Shadow Knows"); a rather untypical life-after-death hair-raiser ("Necronauts"); a quite hysterically bizarre short-short about "Partial People," who are "people only incompletely seen, or found in boxes, perhaps under benches. Lips and eyes stuck under theatre seats like gum"; and any number of agreeably batty commentaries featuring giant mountains, aliens, famous writers, computers, hunting, winged children, the environment, race relations, time travel, England, and what-all. About half the entries here are amusing if ephemeral; for the remainder, Bisson's distinctive style and priceless imagination lift his work to an altogether more exalted plane. --Kirkus Reviews, Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

A major talent . . . a skillful writer and storyteller. . . . The stories in this collection are fun to read -- albeit demanding -- and almost always thought-provoking. --Amarillo News-Globe

Bisson's prose is a wonder of seemingly effortless control and precision; he is one of science fiction's most promising short story practitioners. --Publisher's Weekly

Unlike some of his colleagues, Bisson usually says no more than he has to. His quick jabs to the funny bone and the intellect often are more powerful than many a les

Author / Editor: Bisson, Terry

Category: Science Fiction

ISBN: 1930815077

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