J. M. McDermott
Auteur de Never Knew Another
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: photograph by some guy in Borders next to me.
Séries
Œuvres de J. M. McDermott
Straggletaggle 2 exemplaires
Paul and his son (short story) 2 exemplaires
Seven Of Pentacles 1 exemplaire
Are You Listening? (The Fathomless Abyss) 1 exemplaire
Dolores, Big And Strong 1 exemplaire
Gods Of The Spiderhole 1 exemplaire
The Lady Or The Tiger 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 38, No. 4 & 5 [April/May 2014] (2014) — Contributeur — 13 exemplaires
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 39, No. 4 & 5 [April/May 2015] (2015) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXXVI, No. 3 (March 2016) (2016) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Étiqueté
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- Nom canonique
- McDermott, J. M.
- Date de naissance
- 1979-12-17
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Decatur, Georgia, USA
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 21
- Aussi par
- 10
- Membres
- 514
- Popularité
- #48,284
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 51
- ISBN
- 17
- Favoris
- 2
Death Mask and Eulogy is a novella set in what I guess is an alternate Italy (or perhaps just some created place) where death mask artists and eulogy writers vie for the best jobs, those of the bourgeoisie. This story follows Nova Coates, a young man who guards the tomb of an upper class family in the catacombs of the city. He is told to never open the tomb for fear of demonic wizards coming for the newly dead.
This is a quick read but worth every moment. I wasn't really sure where the story was headed until after the suicide party (gotta read to figure that one out). What happens next is so fast you may want to go back and reread the whole story again. The length allows for this to be easily done. And again I say it's worth it.
My only issue was I had some moments of confusion when reading some of the dialogue. I can see that it was possibly meant as a mechanism to follow the conversation, as if you are involved in it yourself. It was a bit distracting though.
This author has become a fast favourite of mine. I haven't been disappointed with what I've read so far.… (plus d'informations)