Twice Dead Things [Paperback]

A. A. Attanasio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2007

Featuring mesmerizing explorations into the limitless realm of creativity, this volume offers bold, exciting tales that captivate, thrill, and give form to a universe that is both wonderful and terrifying.

Editorial Reviews

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In Twice Dead Things A. A. Attanasio provides a new and retrospective collection of his lyrical writings. Here are an astounding combination of works that are limitless in vision. The bestselling author of The Eagle and the Sword, The Moon’s Wife, Radix reveals his outstanding talent in these masterworks.

About the Author

A. A. Attanasio is the author of numerous books, including The Dragon and the Unicorn, The Eagle and the Sword, The Wolf and the Crown, Radix, and Solis. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Elder Signs Press (April 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975922998
• ISBN-13: 978-0975922996
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #966,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I love fantasy fiction. I love the courage of the human spirit to invest with real emotion experiences we know are entirely imaginary. And I love all of what 'fantasy' means to poetic thinkers.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, January 22, 2007

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Bruce A. Dennison - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twice Dead Things (Hardcover)

This latest collection by A. A. Attanasio is a wonderful way to see the many diverse styles of writing that he has used over the years. All the stories are well written and keep you entertained for the length of the story. The last tale in the book "Twice Dead Things" is an example of Mr. Attanasio in his prime story telling mode, using vivid imagery to make the story come to life on the page. Overall, a great collection and an easy way to get introduced to his varied writing styles.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Masterpiece!, July 16, 2009

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Dylan Eckert (Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twice Dead Things (Paperback)

This is an unbelievably amazing collection of stories. As always, Attanasio writes with such amazing style and description that the reader is instantly lost within the tale being spun. He is a master craftsman with the ability to spin the English language into something beautiful, poetic, scary, mysterious, and awe-inspiring. The stories featured are diverse, each with poetic charm, and each have the ability to send the mind off into imaginative ecstasy. I highly recommend this novel, but also the other novels this master has sculpted. Every novel he has written, thus far, exhibits the same mastery of the language, mind-bending stories, and offer something more than just a story. That something else involves, I feel, a psychological trip and evaluation of ones self. Many of his novels, Solis for example, offer a sort of spiritual pathway in which the reader could expand as a person. In my opinion, Attanasio is up there with some of the greatest authors the 21st century including Phillip K. Dick and Aldous Huxley.

Anticipating yet another amazing novel,

Dylan
Devoted fanatic.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anthology of a genius., May 26, 2008

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Mr. Matthew J. Rasmussen "mjrtoo" (Plymouth, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twice Dead Things (Paperback)

Wow, what can I say? This anthology relates to the reader the varied styles of AA's storytelling. It's a collection of rare and previously unreleased stories to which I can't even accurately describe the adventures you'll have when reading this book. Rest assured its pure Attanasio, and that's why we're all here right?!

Hopefully an anthology such as this isn't a precursor to the end of a brilliant career. I'm not sure of AA's popularity, but I for one would be terribly disappointed if this was the last release from this genius. If it has to be so, at least we are left with a list of some of the greatest adventures ever written.