The Allworlds Catalogue |
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Author:
| Holland, Walter |
ISBN: | 978-1-4801-9411-3 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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THE ALLWORLDS CATALOGUE -- a bit of worldplay -- is an unusual fictional creation from Walter Holland, a/k/a Wax Banks. It takes the form of a catalogue of worlds, expands into a collection of oddball short stories, and conceals within it a book-length story about fatherhood and imagination and escape and......well, it's complicated.But!It's also funny, and lyrical, and strange.Inside the CATALOGUE you'll find talking cities, hungry planets, a dreadful space station, colours you can...
More DescriptionTHE ALLWORLDS CATALOGUE -- a bit of worldplay -- is an unusual fictional creation from Walter Holland, a/k/a Wax Banks. It takes the form of a catalogue of worlds, expands into a collection of oddball short stories, and conceals within it a book-length story about fatherhood and imagination and escape and......well, it's complicated.But!It's also funny, and lyrical, and strange.Inside the CATALOGUE you'll find talking cities, hungry planets, a dreadful space station, colours you can touch, 1600 Transylvania Avenue, ducks in a dream, and a world where everything -- absolutely everything -- happens just a minute too late.It's a good bet you've never read anything quite like ALLWORLDS.