Triangulation: Taking Flight [Paperback]

Pete Butler (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 9, 2008

Rockets funded by bake sales! Zeppelins filled with Nazis! Were-crows! Magic carpets trying to take flight! Ghostly jetliners trying to land! The newest edition of PARSEC Ink's Triangulation anthology takes to the sky with twenty short stories from established pros and new writers alike. So pick up a copy and read about balloon animals in existential crisis, postmen uninhibited by space or time, and the joy of seeing stars with a little help from a friend. Just watch out for the griffins. Featuring stories by Reesa Brown, Amy Treadwell, Elizabeth Barrette, Katy Darby, Rachel Swirsky, Paul Stefko, Gail Sosinsky Wickman, Shanna Germain, Matthew Johnson, Jacob Edwards, Gerri Leen, David Seigler, Ian Creasey, Marc Vun Kannon, Matt Betts, Stephen V. Ramey, Lavie Tidhar, Shweta Narayan, and Eugie Foster.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: PARSEC Ink (July 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615235409
• ISBN-13: 978-0615235400
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,053,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eugie Foster calls home a mildly haunted, fey-infested house in metro Atlanta that she shares with her husband, Matthew. After receiving her Master of Arts degree in Developmental Psychology, she retired from academia to pen flights of fancy. She also edits legislation for the Georgia General Assembly, which from time to time she suspects is another venture into flights of fancy.

Eugie received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, was named Bards and Sages Author of the Year for 2009, and has been a finalist for the Hugo, BSFA, Black Quill, and Bram Stoker awards. Her fiction has been translated into seven languages, and her publication credits number over 100, including stories in Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, Cricket, Fantasy Magazine, and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show; podcasts Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and PodCastle; and anthologies Best New Fantasy and Best New Romantic Fantasy 2. Her short story collection, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, is available from Norilana Books.

Visit her online at EugieFoster.com

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3.0 out of 5 stars Short SpecFic Takes Flights Of Fantasy, September 2, 2008

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B. Tomlinson "BT" (Adelaide, South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Triangulation: Taking Flight (Paperback)

I found Triangulation: Taking Flight, the 5th in the PARSEC Triangulation series of anthologies, to be mostly a good read. Ranging from short stories that pushed the 5000 word cut off to quick little flash fiction pieces, within its pages there is something for everyone who enjoys reading speculative fiction. The theme of this anthology was "Taking Flight".

The anthology incorporates the annual PARSEC Short Story competition. On a side note, I would suggest every writer give due consideration to submitting to this competition. The prize money is good and there is no entry fee. The feedback they provide in regards to your submission is quite detailed; encouraging without stepping over any issues. Valuable.

The winner of this year's competition was Amy Treadwell and her story Guinea. One of the longer pieces in the anthology, it is a well told, very touching story, which folds the competition's theme of metallic feathers within its overall tale beautifully. Amy also won second place in the competition with "Nine is her Number" - also included in the anthology.

The second place story is completely different in everything except its quality. Guinea is set on a quaint farm with a lonely old lady who is befriended by a flightless fowl. Nine is set in Africa among a tribe who shun the protagonist. One hints at aliens, while the other encompasses strange magical powers granted by gods. Two very different stories, but equally well told.

I was disappointed to find a number of reprints within the anthology. Surely there were enough new stories submitted to create the publication.

One of the reprints is "Post" by Lavie Tidhar, a retitled piece originally called "Post-Human Pat". As the original title gives away, it is a play on the child's television series, "Postman Pat"--it even includes the cat. I felt the antho would not have been poorer if this piece hadn't been included.

"The Life & Times of Penguin" by Eugie Foster, was an understandable addition of a reprint if there were no other suitable new submissions. Toy Story told from yet another angle, but with a darker side, and much more feeling woven into the characters

Out of 20 stories, 4 are reprints - 20%! Disappointing.

First & second place in the competition plus four reprints covers nearly a third of the content. The remainder is some excellent original work by some very talented writers. Favourites among the them include: "What Are The Odds?" by Paul Stefko, "Seeing Stars" by Shanna Germain" & "Rush Hours" by Ian Creasey".

The anthology covers: hard and soft science fiction; modern, straight, and dark fantasy; historical fiction; and just about any other form of speculative fiction within the main genres of horror/sci-fi/fantasy/mainstream. Truly something for everyone. The theme was examined from an amazing number of angles as well: ghost planes, magic carpets, balloon animals, flying creatures from books, even a Jewish bris ceremony (circumcision).

Being a POD publication through Lulu.com and only $4.00 for the PDF or $12 for the book, it would be very much worth your while to get hold of a copy.