Lyrec [Paperback]

Gregory Frost (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (December 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441510124
• ISBN-13: 978-0441510122
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,177,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a writer under the broad umbrella of fantasy literature. That means I'm not speaking of elf quests and swords and magic necessarily, but of things that might fall into the bins marked "High Weird" or "Disturbing," too. I write horror, but not the sort that splatters; rather, the kind that discomfits. Fantasy and horror are means to explore things that sometimes can't be come at head on. Sometimes they're put in play just to amuse. But always to surprise.

I workshop fiction in a number of groups with a good batch of writers whose ranks include (or have included) Judith Berman, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Karen Joy Fowler, John Kessel, James Patrick Kelly, Kelly Link, Jonathan Lethem, and Nalo Hopkinson. I also know a number of writers who do not workshop and should not workshop. Like anything else, whether or not you want feedback and opinions is matter of knowing yourself.

I teach writing--peripatetically--at Swarthmore College in PA, at Write By The Lake in Madison, WI, at wrtiers' conferences in Pennsylvania, etc. It's a different part of the brain, teaching, and good writers don't necessarily make good teachers, just as the reverse is true.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars courage against evil, November 4, 2002

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John A. Wills (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lyrec (Paperback)

Inter-universe travelers alight on a culture approximately European medieval but polytheistic. The travelers have powers which seem supernatural to the natives. A bad traveler, himself an atheist, but with motives like a Satanist's, pretends to be a local god, and two good travelers, one trapped in an inappropriate body, work to foil his plans for general destruction. Good portrayals of varied persons, including honest clergy deceived by apparitions; a strong presumption of objective morality, although no "real" God appears; adventure of good people fighting powerful opponent. There is an unseen background of a multiverse with some civilization's members moving among the universes, but the nature of the civilization is unclear; there are a few glimpses of the other universes, and the battle between the good and bad travelers is part of something bigger, although there seem to be no books about the rest of the saga.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've ver read., April 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lyrec (Paperback)

I don't understand why this book is out of print or why Frost hasn't written any other books. Lyrec, while a simple title, is an EXCELLENT book.

This is one of those books that once you start reading your hooked and cant put it down. If your looking for one of the best Fantasy books ever written, try and get a copy. You WONT regret it!

4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-Fi Adventure - with a Alien Cat Sidekick, October 23, 2001

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A. Scott West (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lyrec (Paperback)

Just really great FUN !! Rousing adventure story - with witty alien cat sidekick - witty humor medieval scenario adventure tale. One of my favorites for just fun reading. Reminds me very much of the style of Christoper Stasheff - the Warlock series.