Carmen Dog (22 page)

And what of the universe in general while “it is being woven out of light and at the speed of light"? One can, without a doubt, assume that its equilibrium is interconnected with all other manifestations, even as Marcus Aurelius said long ago. It is, in short, harmonious with itself. (Which is how Pooch is, as well as Bert, and how the baby grows up to be also.) And whatever it may be (which can be argued by the experts for a long time) or may come to be, it is recreating itself every fraction of a second, even as you and I. Of that we can be sure, despite appearances to the contrary.

"In the realm of light there is no time.” That is said nowadays by the most modern of the physicists. If that is true, then that is how it is with Pooch and with Carmen and with all the others.

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Carol Emshwiller grew up in Michigan and France. She is the author of the novels
Ledoyt, Leaping Man Hill, The Mount
(winner of the Philip K. Dick Award), and
Mr. Boots,
and four collections of short fiction,
The Start of the End of it All
(winner of the World Fantasy Award),
Joy in Our Cause, Verging on the Pertinent
and
Report to the Men's Club.
Carol splits her time between New York City, where she teaches fiction writing at the New School, and Bishop, CA.

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Carol Emshwiller,
The Mount
(1931520038) $16

"Best of the Year"—
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"Brilliantly conceived and painfully acute ... deserves to be read and cherished as a fundamental fable for our material-minded times."—
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Carol Emshwiller,
Report to the Men's Club
(193152002x) $16

"A daring, eccentric, and welcome observer of darkly human ways emerges from these nineteen motley tales."—
Kirkus Reviews

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Angélica Gorodischer,
Kalpa Imperial,
a novel (1931520054) $16

translated by Ursula K. Le Guin

"The dreamy, ancient voice is not unlike Le Guin's, and this collection should appeal to her fans as well as to those of literary fantasy and Latin American fiction."—
Library Journal

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Kelly Link,
Stranger Things Happen
(1931520003) $16

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"Dazzling, funny, scary, and sexy"—Karen Joy Fowler,
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Trampoline: an anthology
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Twenty astounding stories by Carol Emshwiller, Jeffrey Ford, Karen Joy Fowler, Maureen McHugh, & others.

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Trampoline:
influences as disparate as science fiction, magic realism, pulp, and
Twilight Zone
morality plays."

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Village Voice

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Trash Sex Magic
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"At once sexy, beautifully written and passing strange."—
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"This just absolutely rocks. It's lyrical, it's weird and it's sexy in a very funky way."

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The Time Traveler's Wife

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Sean Stewart,
Perfect Circle
(1931520119) $15

"All-around terrific."—
Booklist
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The Confusion

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Meet Me in the Moon Room
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"A master of the last line.... Often it's a perfect line of dialogue that opens up the whole story.... Vukcevich is ingenious with the short-story form."—
Review of Contemporary Fiction

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Naomi Mitchison,
Travel Light
July 2005 (1931520143) $14

Halla is turned out of her father's castle by her new stepmother. Her nurse, who goes with Halla, transforms herself into a bear to look after her ward. This is just the first of the wondrous and natural changes in this magical novel.

Praise for Naomi Mitchison:

"Breathes life into such perennial themes as courage, forgiveness, the search for meaning, and self-sacrifice."—
Publishers Weekly

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"One of the great subversive thinkers and peaceable transgressors of the twentieth century."—Ursula K. Le Guin, author of
Gifts

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Sean Stewart,
Mockingbird
August 2005 (1931520097) $14

Sean Stewart,
The Night Watch
November 2005 (1931520100) $16

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