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Punktown: Shades of Grey

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This time, talented author Jeffrey Thomas has teemed up with his equally talented brother Scott Thomas to give us another heaping helping of Punktown and it's mystic, alien attractions.

Part One written by Jeffrey Thomas includes these stories:

'The Unbearable Being Of Light' introduces a new species to Punktown, the silent and disfigured N'R'J, who have centered their old colony around iridescent floating blobs called blastulas and a strange creature stuck between dimensions.
'The Hate Machines' blends home and office décor with anger management.
'Sweaty Betty, Termite Queen Of The Deranged'. When a house becomes a home, or perhaps a womb.
'Purple Wings' is written in the rhyming intonations of popular Punktown musicians.
'Perfectly Beastly'. Who are the pets?
'Adrift On The Sea Of Milk'. What could possibly feed on us in the carnivals of Punktown?
'Hydra'. The downfalls of perfect cloning and too much wealth.
'Willow Tree'. They symbol of a neighborhood becomes an object of fear and challenge.


Part Two by Scott Thomas includes these stories:

'Pulse'. Beings too strange even for Punktown.
'Frankenstein's Reflection'. Godlike compulsion without thought to the consequence of those left alone.
'A Shade Of Gray'. Questioning consciousness in a robotic world.
'I Have Killed Millions'. A rather vague thought process of revenge. I didn't quite get it.
'Under The Cherub'. Jealousy gone awry.
'Veterans'. A strange tale of a strange war. Again, I didn't quite get this story.
'The Merciful Universe' is a lovely tale of time, companionship, and the sometimes-miracle of cloning.

Following the stories of our beloved Punktown is a nice biographical peekhole into authors Jeffrey and Scott Thomas, artist Travis Anthony Soumis, and publisher David G. Barnett.

Thomas's 'Punktown' world belongs with Mieville's 'New Crozubon', VanderMeer's 'Ambergris' and 'Veniss Underground', and M. John Harrison's strange worlds that have passed the test of time.

There are always more surprises, more aliens, new ghettos, darker monsters, creepier alleys, byways, and canals, darker motivations, and more squalor and valor than ever in this new Punktown collection. All these twisted stories written in Thomas's precise and gifted prose will make you more than glad you picked up this addition to the ongoing events that squirm and writhe inside Punktown. Well worth the money. Enjoy!