| Author: | George Pappas | ISBN: | 9780463521007 |
| Publisher: | George Pappas | Publication: | February 10, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Pappas |
| ISBN: | 9780463521007 |
| Publisher: | George Pappas |
| Publication: | February 10, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Controversial author and poet George Pappas returns with his first short story collection, CAR DODGING AND OTHER STORIES, based on short works from his youth.
These 21 stories will take you on an intriguing, unflinching journey into the author’s past and love for science fiction and fantasy writing. The title story CAR DODGING focuses on a childhood game that turns deadly; TROUBLES is about a robot assembly line worker’s awakening in a dark future (which was later expanded into the novella ROBOT TROUBLES); JACK is about a robot boxing trainer and the fighter he helps turn into a heavyweight champion; THE NEIGHBOR is about a man finding out his neighbor is from another world; THE ELDERS imagines a space traveler who sleeps for 210 years and finds himself on a new world many lightyears from Earth; BROKEN BARRIERS is a love story across different worlds and civilizations; A DEADLY SPACE focuses on a space shuttle pilot being held hostage by two Russian killer satellites; THE HELLHOLE, PART 1, THE FIRST FIGHT, A BATTLE OF WIZARDS: ANDOLEN’S ARENA SHOWDOWN, THE ADVENTURES OF THE MAGIC SWORD, JONAH’S VICTORY and A SWORD’S EDGE are all fantasy, sword and sorcery stories inspired by author’s love of the LORD OF THE RINGS and other fantasy books of his youth; THE JOB is about a policeman’s dissatisfaction with his job in the future; ANOTHER CHANCE focuses on a veteran racer’s comeback journey culminating with a race on the planet Mars; MAKING ORANGE JUICE and A CONVERSATION WITH MOTHER were scene exercises for the author’s college class that have been updated as short stories; STEPS TO NOWHERE was expanded from the A CONVERSATION WITH MOTHER scene into a larger story that explores a young teenager’s growing awkwardness with his mother following his father’s death; THE GARDENER is about a former blues singer who works in a dead-end job as a gardener at a university and reflects on his life; SIDE OF THE ROAD focuses on man parked on the side of a freeway lamenting his failing marriage, and the final story BACK OF THE STATION WAGON is based on a racist incident during the author’s youth.
Prepare to explore the inner and outer worlds of Pappas’ imagination.
Controversial author and poet George Pappas returns with his first short story collection, CAR DODGING AND OTHER STORIES, based on short works from his youth.
These 21 stories will take you on an intriguing, unflinching journey into the author’s past and love for science fiction and fantasy writing. The title story CAR DODGING focuses on a childhood game that turns deadly; TROUBLES is about a robot assembly line worker’s awakening in a dark future (which was later expanded into the novella ROBOT TROUBLES); JACK is about a robot boxing trainer and the fighter he helps turn into a heavyweight champion; THE NEIGHBOR is about a man finding out his neighbor is from another world; THE ELDERS imagines a space traveler who sleeps for 210 years and finds himself on a new world many lightyears from Earth; BROKEN BARRIERS is a love story across different worlds and civilizations; A DEADLY SPACE focuses on a space shuttle pilot being held hostage by two Russian killer satellites; THE HELLHOLE, PART 1, THE FIRST FIGHT, A BATTLE OF WIZARDS: ANDOLEN’S ARENA SHOWDOWN, THE ADVENTURES OF THE MAGIC SWORD, JONAH’S VICTORY and A SWORD’S EDGE are all fantasy, sword and sorcery stories inspired by author’s love of the LORD OF THE RINGS and other fantasy books of his youth; THE JOB is about a policeman’s dissatisfaction with his job in the future; ANOTHER CHANCE focuses on a veteran racer’s comeback journey culminating with a race on the planet Mars; MAKING ORANGE JUICE and A CONVERSATION WITH MOTHER were scene exercises for the author’s college class that have been updated as short stories; STEPS TO NOWHERE was expanded from the A CONVERSATION WITH MOTHER scene into a larger story that explores a young teenager’s growing awkwardness with his mother following his father’s death; THE GARDENER is about a former blues singer who works in a dead-end job as a gardener at a university and reflects on his life; SIDE OF THE ROAD focuses on man parked on the side of a freeway lamenting his failing marriage, and the final story BACK OF THE STATION WAGON is based on a racist incident during the author’s youth.
Prepare to explore the inner and outer worlds of Pappas’ imagination.
