These beautiful and heartfelt stories range widely in their themes, stretching from horror and almost classic ghost stories to lyrical flights of fantasy, gritty and painful realism and dark twisted imaginings - from subtle slipstream writing with only the faintest sense of the otherworldly to haunting and vivid space fiction and even light-hearted homages to the colourful and gleeful world of the pulps. Always unexpected, these stories remain completely bound together by their own universal aesthetic and a style filled with sadness and gentleness. And filled also by a sense of wonder, both at the places where Zelenyj's imagination can take you and at the familiar world that these stories frame so touchingly. This massive collection of 40 stories will remain as a companion for a long time to come.
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Varied and Engaging,
This review is from: Experiments at 3 Billion A.M. (Hardcover)
The forty stories in this collection are quite varied in genre and tone, but with similar themes and motifs throughout that make it an engaging, unified read. Story titles like "Letters from the Laboratory," and "Poppy the Girl of my Dreams, and the Alien Invasion I can detect like radar through my braces" are immediately intriguing, as are the beautiful black and white illustrations introducing each story. Some of the stories ("Lost in the Penguin Tunnel"; "Another Light Called 1-47") are simple and sweet, almost idyllic; others ("Black Flies Inside"; "The Animals have seized the diamond sea kingdom") are quite graphic and dark. However, the overall writing is haunting and evocative, defying easy categorization - which I think makes the writing all the more interesting. A great collection for lovers of thought-provoking, genre-bending fiction.
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Experiments at 3 Billion AM: Brilliant and Bizarre,
By Revelation Magazine (fourthhorsemanpress.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Experiments at 3 Billion A.M. (Paperback) (Paperback)
For the record, Alexander Zelenyj's brilliant and bizarre Experiments At 3 Billion A.M. is a must-read. Zelenyj's fiction is both startling and a genuine comfort; his poetic tales accomplish the seemingly impossible by granting his readers the opportunity to experience the world through eyes wholly new. The slipstream stories contained herein, ranging from playful to outright apocalyptic, are unique and simply extraordinary. Captivating, charming, and a challenge to our preconceived understandings of life, love, and all things both worldly and otherworldly, the weighty Experiments At 3 Billion A.M. is a tome to be treasured.
--Brian A. Dixon Revelation Magazine
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