Logorrhea
Good Words Make Good Stories
$32.28
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2007
Summary
“Delightful … A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.”-BooklistFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today’s most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea-a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553384338 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553384333 |
| Author: | John Klima, Jeff VanderMeer, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Moorcock, Liz Williams |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Spectra |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 449g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 133mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Bantam Spectra Book |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This book is a logophile’s dream—a left-field collection of stories inspired by winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who has ever spent an hour or two happily browsing the pages of a dictionary will find something to love here.”—Kevin Brockmeier, author of A Brief History of the Dead “Delightful … A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.”—Booklist
About The Author
John Klima
Anthology editor John Klima spent the first quarter century of life in the state of Wisconsin. He moved to New Jersey in the late 90s to get a job in publishing. Since then John has worked in publishing, computer programming, and-since completing his Master’s degree in Library and Information Science in December 2005-librarianship. He currently works as the young adult librarian and systems administrator at his local library. Outside of work, he edits the science fiction zine, Electric Velocipede.
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