Those two madmen, Powers and Blaylock are back, with a recently unearthed and touched up short story thought lost to the ages. "Pilot Light" is vintage William Ashbless, complex to the point of incoherence, with a good eighteen footnotes added by the poet refuting and clarifying the changes made by Powers and Blaylock to his sacred words. Also included in this small form hardcover chapbook are an introduction by Powers and an afterword by Blaylock.
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SF vets Tim Powers and James P. Blaylock present a lost short story by their fictional poet, William Ashbless, with Powers providing a pseudo-scholarly introduction and Blaylock an afterword. Ashbless himself gets the last word in a postscript. Humorous annotations often occupy more of the page than the actual text of the fairly cryptic story, which alternates between narrator Sikorski's recollections of childhood and a failed romance in the past and his current encounter with the enigmatic Colonel Wick. This slight, entertaining diversion is enhanced by Gahan Wilson's illustrations, particularly one of a sturgeon.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ashbless: Poet for the 21st Century,
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This review is from: Pilot Light (Hardcover)
In spite of sabotage by the postmodern pranksters Blaylock and Powers, this memoir shows the true greatness of William Ashbless.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Notes from napkins...,
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This review is from: Pilot Light (Hardcover)
This is not a novel, or a short story - it's a pamphlet. It's a very short satirical piece that is made up of a jumble of interviews, short story outtakes, and excessive annotations, all involving the fictional author William Ashbless. If you are looking for Tim Powers' usual excellent fiction - this is not it. For those who are closely following the history and adventures of William Ashbless, and are intensely interested in this main hero of Anubis Gate, I wouldn't recommend this pamphlet even for you. I am somewhat offended by Powers and Blaylock sticking it to their fans - this work, as a hard cover book is not worth it. If it had been included in a larger anthology of Ashbless' works, letters, and IOUs, then maybe I can see the value in that.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of a letdown,
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I was hoping for a lost treasure, instead it seems to be a bunch of in jokes from Powers and Blaylock.
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