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Moment Under the Moment - stories, a libretto, essays and Sketches

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Like most of Hoban's other work, this book is both out of print and very hard to find even by the usual methods of obtaining used books. A real pitty given that 'Moment' is a unique entry in Hoban's collective output. Putting several short stories, a liberetto and several essays all under one cover, 'Moment' works like an overview. While each of his books seems to stress a particular theme that has gotten under his skin for that particular outing, 'Moment' is the whole idea of Hoban. The short stories are representative of most of his adult writing, often showing how certain thought patterns evolved into his longer works, while the essays, which are passionately written, really put you inside Mr. Hoban's head and are often of historical and biographical interest (as well as simply being fascinating to read). After reading 'Moment', I find that it an important companion piece to his other work, and am greatly dissapointed that it is so hard to acquire. To make up for this however, Indiana press will be publishing parts of 'Moment' in the Hoban Omnibus due Dec 99.