The Steam-driven Boy
The Steam-driven BoyJohn Sladek

The Steam-driven Boy (2005)

John Sladek

Creators: Loved
ISBN:
9780809550968
Length:
148 pages

Genres: science fiction

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what I would say that I feel actually unabashed about recommending is a work of recursive SF by him called the steam driven boy which is a collection of short stories in which he parades the style of LOF of famous SF writers and he does it absolutely brilliantly this is a man who understands language entirely and his parodies of people like dick and Wells and many others are absolutely spoton

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