"Odd Corners" collects "Gray Matters" and "Symbiography" together with two stories never before in book form. It is a complete cyberworld, courtesy of William Hjorstberg.
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"Odd Corners" collects "Gray Matters" and "Symbiography" together with two stories never before in book form. It is a complete cyberworld, courtesy of William Hjorstberg.
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Add this copy of Odd Corners: the Slip-Stream World of William to cart. $24.94, very good condition, Sold by Ate Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cody, WY, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Shoemaker & Hoard.
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Very Good. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Very Good Soft Cover. Author's autograph is signed on the title page. Bright & Clean. All pages are assumed present and attached. No markings located on random page flip other than the autograph. Tight glued binding. Wrapper has "Signed by Author" sticker, bumped tips, little edgewear/scuffing/rubbing/dents. Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004). 266 pp. No unpleasant odors detected. Try as we might, to be careful with our listings, sometimes minor things slip by. Photos available upon request. Dependable seller. Carefully packaged. Prompt shipping includes USPS Tracking. z581.
Add this copy of Odd Corners: the Slip-Stream World of William to cart. $24.94, good condition, Sold by Goodbookscafe rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Macon, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Counterpoint LLC.
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Add this copy of Odd Corners (Bound Galley, Signed Association Copy) to cart. $193.00, very good condition, Sold by AARDVARK RARE BOOKS, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Shoemaker and Hoard.
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Very Good Plus. BOUND GALLEY, SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. Trade paperback from the late writer and member of what came to be known as the "Montana Gang" of writers Richard Brautigan, Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane, Tim Cahill, painter Russell Chatham, Actors Peter Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Warren Oates, and musician Jimmy Buffet. Association copy inscribed and signed on title page: "For Beef, who really knows the true value of this book! Cheers! Gatz. William Hjortsberg. Livingston 7/2/04." Gregory "Beef" Torrey was a writer somewhat associated with the aforementioned "Montana Gang" who published a series of conversations with some of its unofficial "members" From Kirkus Review: "A new way of bringing old fiction back to life: take Hjortsberg's 1971 novel Gray Matters and 1972 novella "Symbiography, " package them with a couple of new stories set in the same universe and, voila! In the early 1970s, there was dystopia as far as the eye could see, and in "Symbiography, " the world inhabited by Par Sondak is only deceptively attractive. Even though Par lives in a completely automated house and dreams for his living-bringing him a pretty penny from those willing to pay for such things-his house, and the bubble cities inhabited by his clients, is surrounded by the vast wastelands of post-apocalypse America. When Par brings one of the wasteland's denizens into his sanctuary (this is a house that does much more than make the bed) in order to hijack the guest's experiences for his own dream output, the result is an unexpected mind-melding experience at least as confusing to the characters as it is to the reader. "Gray Matters" puts us even farther into the future, in a world where most of humanity lives underground in a hermetically controlled environment-usually sans bodies. Hjortsberg tracks three of these disembodied entities-they were, before becoming just heavily pampered brains, a 12-year-old plane crash survivor, an Eastern European actress of some renown, and a sculptor-as they try to break out of this virtual prison in their own ways. Hjortsberg knows his post-apocalyptic tropes inside and out, having blazed quite a few trails"
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