Houses and Other Stories [Paperback]

Bruce Boston (Author)

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Review

As always, Boston's lyrical prose is jewel-like, never a spare word...a beautifully produced small press item... -- -Denise Dumars, DUMARS REVIEW #14

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Talisman Books (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962670804
• ISBN-13: 978-0962670800
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Three-time Bram Stoker Award winner Bruce Boston is the author of forty-five books and chapbooks, including the novels The Guardener's Tale and Stained Glass Rain. His fiction and poetry have appeared in hundreds of publications, most visibly in Asimov's SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and The Nebula Awards Showcase. In addition to the Bram Stoker Award, Boston has received a Pushcart Prize, the Asimov's Readers Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He lives in Ocala, Florida, with his wife, writer-artist Marge Simon. For more information, you can visit his website at http://www.bruceboston.com/.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Boston Deserves More Recognition, January 25, 2005

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This review is from: Houses and Other Stories (Paperback)

This collection of short stories is related in many aspects to themes explored in Boston's novel STAINED GLASS RAIN. Set in Berekeley, California in the late 1960's, these stories deal with young people active in the psychedelic movement. The showpiece is the story "Houses" about a young woman who is trying to find a place to live after her lover is murdered by the police.

All of these characters are essentially attemmpting to make homes for themselves, since they are in many ways lost. The central character of "Houses" is rendered by Boston in a vivid, poetic language that explores her mind as it is reflected on others. The final sentence of the story reads, "She asks herself why the world is in so many pieces and none of them fit together."

The remaining three stories are under the collective title "Three Berkeley Sketches" and narrate similar situations. In this book, Boston reveals a strong talent and intelligence, and he deserves larger recognition. This book is highly recommended.

Gary William Crawford