John Shirley (1) (1953–)
Auteur de BioShock: Rapture
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent John Shirley, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
John Shirley is the author of numerous novels and books of stories. He was co-screenwriter of The Crow, and has written scripts for television series and cable movies. He lives in California
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Séries
Œuvres de John Shirley
The Belonging Kind 8 exemplaires
Barbara 5 exemplaires
Shaman [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
Will the Chill 2 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2022 | Sacrificial Drones 2 exemplaires
In the Cornelius Arms 2 exemplaires
The Crow (The Crow: Death & Rebirth #2) 2 exemplaires
The Crow #4 2 exemplaires
The Night of the Headless Horseman [1999 TV movie] — Writer — 2 exemplaires
The Crow #3 2 exemplaires
The Unfolding (Short story) 2 exemplaires
Freezone [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
Mask Game 2 exemplaires
Buried In the Sky 2 exemplaires
Under The Generator 2 exemplaires
Animus Rights [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
The Crow #5 1 exemplaire
Broken Mirror Glass, The Anthology 1978 - 2012 1 exemplaire
Broken Mirror Glass [Music Sound Recording] 1 exemplaire
At Home with Azathoth 1 exemplaire
Equilibrium 1 exemplaire
Wings Burnt Black 1 exemplaire
Two Strangers 1 exemplaire
The Incorporated 1 exemplaire
The Claw Spurs 1 exemplaire
Provocatourist 1 exemplaire
That Certain Day With Magdalen 1 exemplaire
Cul-de-sac 1 exemplaire
The Frozen Lake 1 exemplaire
You Are the Emperor! (in SF EYE v.1, #3) 1 exemplaire
What Would You Do For Love? 1 exemplaire
Black Glass Samples 1 exemplaire
Two Shots from Fly’s Photo Gallery 1 exemplaire
Talisman 1 exemplaire
Pockets 1 exemplaire
Total Eclipse 1 exemplaire
How Deep the Taste of Love [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
Bitters 1 exemplaire
Raise Your Hand If You're Dead 1 exemplaire
Under The Plains Of Rust 1 exemplaire
Pearldoll 1 exemplaire
The Crow #2 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1991) — Contributeur — 248 exemplaires
Three-fisted Tales of "Bob": Short Stories in the Subgenius Mythos (1990) — Contributeur — 181 exemplaires
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to… (2005) — Contributeur — 127 exemplaires
Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance (1979) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 118 exemplaires
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributeur — 45 exemplaires
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps (2017) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires
Backstage Passes: An Anthology of Rock & Roll Erotica from the Pages of Blue Blood Magazine (1996) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Science Fiction Eye #07, August 1990 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Science Fiction Eye #10, June 1992 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Cutter, John
- Date de naissance
- 1953-02-10
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Houston, Texas, USA
New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA - Relations
- The Panther Moderns
Membres
Discussions
THE DEEP ONES: "Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley à The Weird Tradition (Décembre 2023)
Critiques
This was surprisingly hard for me to stay engrossed in.......odd, considering vintage horror is one of my favorite reads. The characters and storyline were exactly what I usually enjoy reading. Maybe it was just me and I was too preoccupied, but I didn't love this one.
I enjoyed this novel very much. It felt like an episode of Grimm and gave me the urge to rewatch the series.
Yes, there were a few mistakes here and there, but the characters were true to their nature which is portrayed in the tv series.
The story kept me nailed, and I loved how they give more information about the Grimm bloodline.
Yes, there were a few mistakes here and there, but the characters were true to their nature which is portrayed in the tv series.
The story kept me nailed, and I loved how they give more information about the Grimm bloodline.
A reluctant three stars.
Three complaints:
1. Lack of motivation for one dramatic moment ... which was unfortunately the climax
2. One dramatic moment glossed over for no reason
3. Two parts where Shirley seemed as if he lost track of what was happening
But I like the world and the characters and the wackiness of working game mechanics into a coherent story. There's no point in applying too much critical thinking to this one.
Three complaints:
1. Lack of motivation for one dramatic moment ... which was unfortunately the climax
2. One dramatic moment glossed over for no reason
3. Two parts where Shirley seemed as if he lost track of what was happening
But I like the world and the characters and the wackiness of working game mechanics into a coherent story. There's no point in applying too much critical thinking to this one.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 122
- Aussi par
- 109
- Membres
- 4,439
- Popularité
- #5,641
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 87
- ISBN
- 281
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 3
This book was very different from the other John Shirley books/stories that I've read before this. Usually his books are set in strange new worlds but this one was eerily close to our own. I won't just repeat the book description here, but I will say that you can tell the politics of most of the reviewers by how they reviewed it. This book is like a mini-dystopia, set in a community that through a natural disaster finds itself getting what it wished for... complete off-the-grid autonomy and self-rule. It is contemptuous of conspiracy-minded anti-intellectualism and Libertarian sensibilities. a caricatured vision of what would be seen as the "MAGA" crowd of today.
The writing is great, and paced appropriately. I didn't want to stop reading and the narration of the audiobook was on point. Readers of all speculative fiction should enjoy this book. The major characters are compelling and distinct. My only criticism of the book is probably directed on me more than the author... (I have a problem remembering people's names), the final few chapters of the book introduce a lot of minor characters that I had trouble remembering which "side" they were on. I found myself replaying the previous 15 seconds several times to make sure I was keeping things straight in my mind.
I really enjoy John Shirley's cyberpunk-type works, and this was not that, but with that being said, this was still a good book.… (plus d'informations)