Brandon Barr
Författare till Her Dangerous Visions
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Verk av Brandon Barr
The Seeker from the Stars 2 exemplar
After the Sky Fell 2 exemplar
Cora's Hands 1 exemplar
Deep in the Dakota Woods 1 exemplar
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- male
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Statistik
- Verk
- 14
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 84
- Popularitet
- #216,911
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 22
- ISBN
- 12
Would you go to the White House and claim to become the new self appointed president?
Or maybe you would fancy to visit Akihabara Tokyo after watching intergalatic streamed episodes fom classic mecha shows like Mazinger Z or Gundam?
How about if you chose to land your craft in a nice deserted island and do absolutely nothing? Maybe even visit the desolate Pitcairn islands and claim them as your new haven...
This is one of the odd things about this unfortunately desperately short story, the alien in question lands in front of a seemingly ordinary elementary school and shrivels into a sort of mummy in front of a random classroom. Is the alien asleep? Dead? What happened to it?
You will get no answers for this story is too desperately short to ever know. While this can be a severe turn-off, Brandon writes a fluid and enchanting tale of how a little girl pities the odd thing and brings it to her home. Plotwise I think this concept could have been used for an XMAS themed novella and with Brandon's stellar writing it would be an actual thrill to read. In its current 9 page form, the story feels dreadfully incomplete.… (mer)