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Description edit
From the neo-feudalistic slubs, the corn-filled world of Tane's youth, to his apprenticeship among the deadly saleswarriors of Seattlehama--the sex-and-shopping capital of the world--to the horrors of a polluted Antarctica, Yarn tells a stylish tale of love, deceit, and memory. Tane Cedar is... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Tane Cedar: A master tailor in Seattlehama.
- Withor: Tane's first boss.
- Vit: One of Withor's yarn-pull gang.
- Kira Shibui: Celebrity Executive Officer of Python Duck.
- Pheff: Tane Cedar's apprentice.
- Josephone: A saleswarrior from Casper Union.
- Vada: A toue.
- Pilla: A jobber.
- Zanella: A former top designer.
- Rik: A slub; Tane's childhood friend.
- Gregg: A crewmember on the Pacifica Showhouse.
- Xavier: Vada's brother.
- Mark Tar Octopus: One of Tane Cedar's father's names.
- Marti: Captain's Boy on the Pacifica Showhouse.
Quotes edit
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“The truth was, of course, that as a tailor I was a maker of men. They came to me, frayed, unsure, and crooked, and it was my work that not just mended, protected, and reshaped their body, but also restructured who they were from the outside in. I could give them confidence, even if they didn't think they had any. I could give them authority, even when they deserved none. My suits could speak for them, if only they kept their mouths closed. And as such I saw myself as a mentor, teacher, friend, and sometimes a father to my clients. I enjoyed the restorative and formational power of the fabric arts, working without the bloody hacks of a surgeon, the elastic vagaries of a philosopher, or the sweaty labors of a coach.”
Tane Cedar
Setting & Locations edit
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
I woke early, suffocated by a sweaty and prickling sense of apprehension -- exactly the feeling of wool against the skin on a warm day.
Table of Contents edit
Yarn
PART 1: PLY
Seattlehama: A Peculiar Fashion Business
Seattlehama: Volcano-Powered Sex and Shopping Capital of the World
Design Studio
Seattlehama: The Thread Thievery Bang
Charcoal Chang-P
Seattlehama: The Purple and Gold Rococo Entervator
Seattlehama: Death in the Parfum Spaceship
A Loop Near-Disaster
Seattlehama: With Extreme Loveeffort
An Uneaten Two-Pound Fluffy Burger and an Un-Drunk Kitty Pink Kola
Seattlehama: Pastel Ruffles
Seattlehama: Skivve Battles in the Foundation War
Ryder's Building
Slubs: Cornfield
Seattlehama: Infinite Layers
Ark Textile Trading
Seattlehama: Blood Among Fibers
Seattlehama: Full-Speed Tailoring
Seattlehama: Rash
Slubs: Smuts, Rots, and Rusts
Seattlehama: Seams Ripped Open
Seattlehama: Torn and Mended
PART 2: Z TWIST
Seattlehama: Singled Out on the Rococo Entervator
Seattlehama: Freedom Fighter, Saboteur. . . Terrorist
Seattlehama: Far Above Everything
In the Shadow
Seattlehama: Falling Forever
Slubs: M-Bunny Headquarters
Seattlehama: First Glimpse of the Incomparable Supreme Celeb: Miss Bunne and a Blue Mini-T
Yarn Jobber
Seattlehama: A Kiss
Cut and Sewn
PART 3: NOVELTY
Kong: Mud-Soaked Thermoset Chiffon
Antarctica
Kong: The Pacifica Showhouse
The High Europas and Pacificum: Two Hundred and Forty Costumes in Two Hundred and Forty Days
Performances in Ram-Poor, Manira, Shi-On, Zak3, K'Kom
Antarctica: Birudu
Kom: Nearing the Final Hem
Antarctica: A Bar Called Junip Nestled Between Featureless Factories and Warehouses
Pacificum Ocean: Forward Observation Portal
Above Seattlehama
Antarctica: MB Industries Building #9
Seattlehama: Edge of the Amphitheater Stage
Antarctica: Crystal Observation Room
Seattlehama: Rip
PART 4: TWISTS PER INCH
Antarctica: Crystal Observation Room
Seattlehama: Cut
Antarctica Extension -- North
Seattlehama: Spin
Fashion Studio
Yarn
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jon Armstrong (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781597802109
Page Count: 309
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781597802109
Page Count: 309
Awards edit
- Philip K. Dick Award (Finalist, 2010)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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