Numbers Don't Lie [Import] [Unbound]

Terry Bisson (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Electricstory.com (February 2001)
• ISBN-10: 1930815034
• ISBN-13: 978-1930815032
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Convoluted, splendidly-silly tall tales. 4.6 stars, September 16, 2006

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Peter D. Tillman (Taos, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Numbers Don't Lie (Paperback)

This is a collection of the three Wilson Wu stories (first published in Asimov's, 1994-98), gathered into a nice little fixup 'novel'. The first, "The Hole in the Hole" introduces Wu and his Brooklyn pal Irving, as they search for an all-Volvo junkyard -- which, the author notes, really exists (or did) in the real Hole in darkest Brooklyn. Presumably the real Frankie's lacks the periodic incongruent neotopological adjacency (aka the lunar tire-dump) that is the centerpiece of this convoluted and very entertaining tall tale.. Which you may well have already seen -- it was a Hugo nominee, and has been reprinted several times. The other two stories aren't quite up to HOLE -- but they're still pretty darned good. Recommended.

The author's website, terrybisson[dot]com, is well worth a visit, and has several free stories, if you're new to Bisson.

Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Renews your sense of wonder, August 6, 2006

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Mark A. Smith "jedi accountant" (De Pere, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Numbers Don't Lie (Paperback)

This was the type of book that drew me into science fiction in the first place. It ranks up there with Heinlein's juveniles. And I mean that as high praise. The only thing juvenile about that famous series of novels was that they avoided sex and extreme violence.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine book by Terry Bisson, April 30, 2009

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S. Stockell (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Numbers Don't Lie (Paperback)

Terry Bisson is a very entertaining author. I've enjoyed all of his books and stories, and look forward to more.