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Daniel Polansky
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A City Dreaming Out Now
Friends! Would you believe it or not, I have a new book out. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... It's called A City Dreaming, and it's a ramble through an impossible New York, courtesy of a fast talking lush who prefers quiet beer bars to world saving. It's strange, it's funny, you could do a lot worse. Take a look!
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Low Town (Low Town, #1)
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2011
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The Builders
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2015
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Tomorrow, the Killing (Low Town, #2)
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2012
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She Who Waits (Low Town, #3)
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2013
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Those Above (The Empty Throne, #1)
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2015
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A City Dreaming
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Those Below (The Empty Throne #2)
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The Seventh Perfection
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A Drink Before We Die
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2014
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Tomorrow's Children
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2024
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| Impossible fantasies evoking extremely human concerns. These are lighter than the Petrushevskaya's I've read, with less of the Gothic flourishes which characterize those works. Which, honestly, I kind of missed, but once I got over that I started to ...more | |
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| I am pretty well on record that I think Gene Wolfe is a genius, but you would have to admit he isn't really interested in telling stories in the conventional sense so much as he is setting up really elaborate riddles. Basic narrative conventions are ...more | |
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| A masterful suite of novellas about identity, 'humanness' and two planets in a distant solar system in some unknowable future. Each of the three somewhat interlinked stories are written in radically different styles, showcasing the extent of the auth ...more | |
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| Yeah, this was really lovely, I'm surprised I hadn't heard of it earlier. The recollections of the Guernsey's Guernsey-man to ever Guernsey his way out of a Guernsey hole, or something like that. An old man looking back on the twentieth century and h ...more | |
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| The brutal tragedy of the English domination of Ireland is played out in this complex and fabulous novel, about a child ensnared by the violence of the rebellion. Trevor is a beautiful writer, each incident is deftly sketched and feels original, stru ...more | |
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| A polyphonic reconstruction of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Long interviews with distinct ‘types’ – an embittered soldier, a hollow advertising exec, winners (but mostly losers) in the New Russia – with each section being distinct genres in and ...more | |
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| In a distant post-apocalypse, a savage child from a tribe of hunter gatherers struggles to find redemption for the human race. Absolutely brilliant. Although presented in a peculiar, alien vernacular, with words written phonetically and concepts from ...more | |
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| A European wastrel finds himself lost and broke in an unnamed, dreamlike west African country in this brilliantly odd take on colonialism. Sort of an anti-heart of darkness, a critique not only of African literature but of the west’s entire view of A ...more | |
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| Facing an empty nest, a good natured, distant professor has a midlife crisis, goes on a cross-country trip, considers his flaws as a father, husband, man, etc. Funny, sweetly written, this is the kind of book I honestly don't tend to like (smart midd ...more | |
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| A pair of couples in rural post-war Britain feel things, notice the weather. I didn't hate it, but it does feel like something that would be shortlisted for the Booker. ...more | |
“It’s a dangerous thing, pretense. A man ought to know who he is, even if he isn’t proud to be it.”
― Tomorrow, the Killing
― Tomorrow, the Killing
“I remember the lightning in the air, and the lovers bidding goodbye to each other in the streets, and I can tell you what I think. We went to war because going to war is fun, because there's something in the human breast that trills at the thought, although perhaps not the reality, of murdering its fellows in vast numbers. Fighting a war ain't fun - fighting a war is pretty miserable. But starting a war? Hell, starting a war is better than a night floating on daeva's honey.”
― Low Town
― Low Town
“The dangerous men were still asleep, their blades sheathed next to their beds. The really dangerous men had been up for hours, and their quills and ledgers were getting hard use.”
― Low Town
― Low Town
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Thanks for accepting! Very excited for Those Above!
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Tabitha wrote: "Daniel wrote: "Tabitha wrote: "Flipping fantastic...I hope theres more in the works!"There is more in the works...glad you liked it!"
Wonderful to hear! I'm getting my brother in law who is dep..."
That's all great news...thanks!
Tabitha wrote: "Flipping fantastic...I hope theres more in the works!"There is more in the works...glad you liked it!
Tabitha wrote: "Daniel! I won - I won! I will be reading it as soon as it arrives. Glad you decided to join Goodreads! Now add more books mister so we can cyber stalk your shelves - that is what its all about!"Ha - I'll do my best! Hope you like the book!
When did Nikola Tesla become the person that really stoned people want to ramble about at parties?
Shellie (Layers of Thought) wrote: "Welcome to Goodreads Daniel!!!"Thanks! Happy to be here!
Welcome to Goodreads Daniel!!!