Animated Objects [Hardcover]

Linda D. Addison (Author), Gorden Linzner (Editor), Brian J. Addison (Illustrator), Maya Anderson (Illustrator), T.M. Bradshaw (Illustrator), Robert Murphy (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0917053109 | ISBN-13: 978-0917053108 | Publication Date: October 1, 2007 | Edition: 1st

This collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror poetry and short stories includes an introduction from Barry N. Malzberg and the short story, Little Red in the Hood, which appeared on Ellen Datlow's Honorable Mention list in Tenth Annual Year s Best Fantasy & Horror.

Animated Objects takes you from the Outside to deep Inside Linda Addison s imagination. Each chapter invites the reader to journey into a universe of the fantastic. The path is paved with light and darkness, like life, but the true center lies in The Prelude.

The last section, journal entries, is a peek into the workings of a writer s mind. In entries from 63 hand-written journals lie the beginnings of poems, starts and endings to stories, observations and life lists.

Become part of the journey. In the end, love is all that matters.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Addison has enough invention for two writers, and enough heart for three. --Terry Bisson, Nebula Award winning author

With the eloquent simplicity of the writers of ancient earth tales, and the pop cleverness of modern-day fantasists, Linda Addison shares with the reader a collection from her very human, very mystical realm; images often tender, poignant, brutal, transcendent. --Elizabeth Massie, Bram Stoker Award winning author

Linda Addison pours heart and soul upon the page in her first collection. A freshet of poems, journal entries, and stories, this book shows the birth and early maturity of the author. --Paul De Filippo, Asimov's Science Fiction magazine

About the Author

Linda Addison has published poetry, stories and non-fiction in Asimov's SF Magazine, Pirate Writings, Tomorrow Magazine and Epitaph. This is her first collection.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 117 pages
• Publisher: Space and Time; 1st edition (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917053109
• ISBN-13: 978-0917053108
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,749,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative, creative, ideas you won't see anywhere else, January 27, 1998

By 

J. R. Spivey ([e-mail]) (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Animated Objects (Paperback)

A true flight of fantasy! Abandon logic when you open this book and just 'let it flow.' You'll love it's creativity. Follow the progression in the illustrations too.

An extra plus is the authoress' personal journal; this should be a requirement in all books.

5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of poems and short stories that is bound to be a classic., January 4, 2008

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Joey D. Pinkney "JoeyPinkney.com" (Garner, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Animated Objects (Paperback)

From the poem Writing Magic:

Some writers choose just a scant few
to say a lifetime of feelings,

While other writers
gather thousands of words in a book
to paint a few days of one life...

Animated Objects is Linda D. Addison's debut offering. This is a mesmerizing mixture of poetry and short stories, fables and science fiction, enchanting fantasies and harsh realities. It will take you on a journey and touch you in places long forgotten or never experienced.

What makes this collection such a treasure is that Addison is such a skillful writer. She is able to be true to herself and her art form while turning the reader's interpretation into participation. Her words can be as gentle as a mother's hand, as sharp as a razor, as rough as a nail file and as blunt as a hammer.

This book has something for everybody without that being its purpose. A perfect example of the universal appeal of Animated Objects is the inclusion of bits and pieces of her personal journals that encompass twenty seven years of of hopes, trials and disasters.

Reading those snippets let's you see that which is usually hidden from the reader. You get to look past the writer as a person and instead get to look at the person as a writer. You get to peer into her world in a way that's as cryptic as the light of her Night Bird yet as forthcoming as the birth of one child and the miscarriage of another.

Joey Pinkney
C&B Books Reviewer
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5.0 out of 5 stars An evocative, richly-textured collection., April 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Animated Objects (Paperback)

This is a wonderful collection of poems and short stories; a truly beautiful book. The works are thought-provoking and sometimes disturbing, and always handled deftly. Ms. Addison is a very fine writer, and Animated Objects belongs in the collections of dark fantasy readers everywhere.