Otherworldly Maine

by Noreen Doyle (Editor)

Overview

Elizabeth Hand, Stephen King, and Edgar Pangborn put Maine on the map as a place where otherworldly things happen. But they're not the only authors who see the state as a source of inspiration for fantasy and science fiction. Twenty-four writers from Mark Twain to Jack L. Chalker, Gardner Dozois — and, yes, Hand, King, and Pangborn — present everything from dark fantasies of the past to a utopian vision of the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892728350
Publisher:	Down East Books
Publication date:	09/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	690 KB

Table of Contents

Introduction     7
"Musings on Maine and the Roots of Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy"   Noreen Doyle
Two Excerpts from "Ktaadn"   Henry David Thoreau
Longtooth   Edgar Pangborn     13
The Hermit Genius of Marshville   Tom Tolnay     48
Bass Fishing with the Enemy   Daniel Hatch     60
Dreams of Virginia Dare   John P. O'Grady     72
Echo   Elizabeth Hand     90
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut   Stephen King     99
A Vision of Bangor, in the Twentieth Century   Edward Kent     124
By the Lake   Jeff Hecht     135
Awskonomuk   Gregory Feeley     138
The County   Melanie Tem     157
And Dream Such Dreams   Lee Allred     164
Flash Point   Gardner Dozois     177
The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton   Mark Twain     196
Trophy Seekins   Lucy Suitor Holt     215
The Autumn of Sorrows   Scott Thomas     221
Alternate Anxieties   Karen Jordan Allen     241
The Chapter of the Hawk of Gold   Noreen Doyle     252
The Bung-Hole Caper   Tom Easton     258
Dance Band on the Titanic   Jack L. Chalker     269
When the Ice Goes Out   Jessica Reisman     291
Creation Story   Steve Rasnic Tem     300
About the Contributors     311
Acknowledgments     317