Are We Having Fun Yet?: American Indian Fantasy Stories (Paperback)

~ William Sanders (Author)

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Sanders' Native American fantasy stories are by turns haunting, touching, creepy, and laugh-out-loud funny. His award-winner, "The Undiscovered," unveils a William Shakespeare gone to the New World, living with Indians, and entertaining them with a new plei (his Native friends call him Spearshaker, by the way). Other stories give us powerful medicine men who send cockroaches and other annoying critters into the sea, out-play the devil himself on steel guitar, and solve murders faster than Sherlock Holmes. And then there's Elvis Bearpaw, who uses Old Man Alabama's medicine to turn the sacred game to his favor--with results he never would have forseen, not to mention a neat, dark little twist at the very end of his story. Thought-provoking on top of being highly entertaining, Sanders' stuff is also boldly written and rich with Native culture. Paula Luedtke
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Product Description

This collection of 9 American Indian tales by William Sanders represents some of the very best of his work, including his groundbreaking story, "The Undiscovered," in which William Shakespeare comes to the new world and ends up living among the Native Americans. "The Undiscovered" won the Sideways Award for the best alternate history story of the year and became a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press; 1st Wildside Press Ed edition (January 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587157098
• ISBN-13: 978-1587157097
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,739,841 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well, I certainly did., February 19, 2003

By	Bud Webster "Bud Webster" (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews

I've been a fan of Sanders' work for a long time, ever since I read his first two (terrific) novels, JOURNEY TO FUSANG and THE WILD BLUE AND GREY; but I was blissfully unaware of most of his short fiction until I read this collection. There's some alternate history here, most notably "The Undiscovered," perhaps his best-known short story, but the variety is wider than that: erotica, humor, a nasty little yarn about cockroaches and vengeance, all with Indian themes and not a loser in the bunch. Sanders is a terrific storyteller, and I can't recommend this book highly enough.