Strange Monsters of the Recent Past [Paperback]

Howard Waldrop (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace; First Edition edition (July 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441160697
• ISBN-13: 978-0441160693
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,675,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Howard Waldrop, born in Mississippi and now living in Austin, Texas, is an American iconoclast. His highly original books include Them Bones and A Dozen Tough Jobs, and the collections All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Night of the Cooters, and Going Home Again. He won the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards for his novelette "The Ugly Chickens." George R.R. Martin is the author of the bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series of novels. His fiction has won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Award, Stoker, and Locus Awards. He worked on the TV shows The Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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4.0 out of 5 stars That's Mr National Treasure to you., July 20, 1995

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This review is from: Strange Monsters of the Recent Past (Paperback)

Waldrop is one of the few truly original voices working in science fiction or fantasy today. Stories like his Nebula Award winning "The Ugly Chickens" display his combination of a regional voice, traditional tall tale telling and a wildly unique imagination to their best advantage. This paperback collection brings together his second collection, All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, with A Dozen Tough Jobs in a readily affordable edition. If you're looking for something original, something different or just something funny and weird this is for you. The man is, as the Japanese would have it, a living national treasure