Without Absolution [Paperback]

Amy Sterling Casil (Author), Jim Blaylock (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

"Without Absolution" is the first collection from science-fiction and fantasy writer Amy Sterling Casil. It contains nine stories and four poems in which a new disease causes birth defects; a father clones himself; and a lonely man uploads the personalities of his former wife and his mother, creating a horrifying "motherwife".

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Borgo Press (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587151170
• ISBN-13: 978-1587151170
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,902,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Inspired by a lifelong love of nature, endless curiosity, and a belief in wonderful things, the author, writing as Amy Sterling Casil, is a 2002 Nebula Award nominee and recipient of other awards and recognition for her short science fiction and fantasy which has appeared in publications ranging from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to Zoetrope. She is the author of 20 nonfiction books, about a hundred short stories, primarily science fiction and fantasy, one fiction and poetry collection, and two novels. She lives in Playa del Rey, California with her daughter Meredith and a Jack Russell Terrier named Badger. Amy has worked since 2005 as a nonprofit executive for the progressive charitable organization Beyond Shelter in Los Angeles, and she also teaches writing and composition at various Southern California colleges, after receiving her MFA from Chapman University in 1999. She is currently the Treasurer of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and a co-founder of the internet author's cooperative, Book View Cafe.

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SF with a human heart, September 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Without Absolution (Paperback)

Amy Sterling Casil takes SF's obligatory "What if?" and makes the consequences of technological change both painfully and joyfully personal. For those familiar with Amy's work, this volume contains some well-loved favorites (such as her debut story, "Jonny Punkinhead"), as will as new works of fiction. In "Renascence of Memory," you'll meet an Alzheimer's patient whose health and memory are gradually restored. But is the miracle worth the price of memories perhaps better left forgotten? In "Motherwife," a man downloads the women in his life into his computer. Can he resist the temptation to tinker with their programming? Most especially don't miss "The Color of Time,"--an exploration of mothers and daughters, childbirth and death, love and art. This book won't teach you anything about quantum mechanics or string theory, but it just might teach you something about the person you see in the mirror every day.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, September 26, 2000

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Maren Henry (Sarasota, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Without Absolution (Paperback)

If you're familiar with Amy Sterling Casil's work, then you'll know what to expect here: thought-provoking, character-intense, high-class science fiction. If you're not familiar with Amy Sterling Casil's work, then you've got a treat in store for you. Of particular note is her breakout story, "Jonny Punkinhead," which originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A note from the publisher, September 24, 2000

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John Betancourt "Publisher Guy" (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Without Absolution (Paperback)

WITHOUT ABSOLUTION is the first collection from science fiction and fantasy writer Amy Sterling Casil-nine stories and four poems by the only four-time finalist and one-time winner of the Writers of the Future Contest and frequest writer for FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. These visions take you from a far future Arles, France to the starred Mulholland night...highly recommended.