Why Should I Cut Your Throat?

by VanderMeer, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9781932265118
• ISBN10: 1932265112
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Monkeybrain

Summary

Why Should I Cut Your Throat? is an engaging, sometimes controversial look at the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror from a man with almost two decades of experience as a reviewer, fiction writer, and editor. The reviews, interviews, essays, and articles collected herein are insightful and entertaining, sure to appeal to the casual reader and the hardcore genre fan alike. Written from the perspective of a writer, not an academic, the work is lively and engaging, full of humor and sharp observations. New Journalism-style reports from conventions and book tours provide an often hilarious insider's view of the genre. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jeff Vandermeer, winner of two prestigious World Fantasy Awards, has had his fiction and nonfiction published in ten languages He has been a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the British Fantasy Award. His nonfiction has appeared in The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, the latest Nebula Awards anthology, and The New York Review of SF. Books by VanderMeer have made the year's best lists of The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Weekly, Amazon.com, Publishers Weekly, Publishers News, and Locus magazine

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE
Why Should I Cut Your Throat When I Can Just Ask You For The Money?	9	(20)
CAREER AND CRAFT
Rum Runners, Tiny Castles, And Allergies	29	(4)
Leviathan Overview	33	(9)
Sudden Hummingbirds, Sudden Dislocations: The Interstitial Experience	42	(9)
City Of Saints & Madmen: The Untold Story	51	(33)
A Short Essay On Teaching Creative Writing	84	(4)
Scott Eagle: The Interview	88	(8)
The Best Fireworks Display You've Ever Seen by Peter Wild	96	(13)
INTERLUDE
World Fantasy Convention 25: 1999	109	(14)
REVIEWS
The Circus Of The Earth And The Air	123	(3)
Pulphouse #18-The Jesus Issue	126	(5)
Lorien Lost	131	(3)
"Longing For Blood"	134	(2)
F&SF-January 1997 Issue	136	(4)
Read This #1: 1997	140	(7)
Shadow Bones	147	(2)
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: A Top 40 List	149	(5)
Read This #2: 2000	154	(9)
Island of the Sequined Love Nun and The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove	163	(7)
Silent Children	170	(4)
Look to Windward	174	(5)
Thraxas	179	(2)
The Scar	181	(3)
Light	184	(4)
Toxicology	188	(2)
Observatory Mansions	190	(3)
Read This #3: 2002	193	(4)
In Springdale Town	197	(5)
Trampoline	202	(5)
INTERLUDE
Vanishing Books, Fake Diseases, and Alien Babies: A Myopic View of ReaderCon 14 (2002)	207	(8)
CRITICISM
Edward Whittemore's Jerusalem Quartet	215	(7)
The Death of the Imagination?	222	(4)
Horror: Alive Or Dead? A Discussion of the Current Horror Malaise	226	(18)
Cordwainer Smith: An Appreciation	244	(3)
Barry Hughart's Slight Flaw	247	(9)
The Infernal Desire Machines Of Angela Carter	256	(38)
Angela Carter : A Personal Appreciation	294	(3)
CODA
Anarchy, Surrealism, Dead Authors, & Ambergris	297