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It is a world like our own in every respect . . . save one. In the 1950s, random acts of possession begin to occur. Ordinary men, women, and children are the targets of entities that seem to spring from the depths of the collective unconscious, pop-cultural avatars some call demons. There’s... read more
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“Kansas had the purity of a sixth-grade math problem, an exercise in scale and stark geometry.”
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Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right circumstances. This is in essence a judgment call, since what is possible and what is not cannot be objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the reader.”
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All we could see of each other—all we could see of ourselves—was a ragged person-shaped outline, a game of connect-the-dots without enough dots.
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It didn’t matter if it was John 3:16 or the Kabala or No Money Down Real Estate audio tapes. It all came down to the Book, the Mission, and the absolute fucking Certainty.
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The coffee was terrible and the bacon was ordinary, but the pancakes were avatars of some perfect Ur-cake whose existence until now could only be deduced from the statistical variations in other, lesser pancakes.
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These sensitives are a little closer to the boundaries. Their grip on the consensual world is a little tenuous.”
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Hope wasn’t a thing with feathers, it was a hundred-pound ball and chain. All you had to do was drag that sucker to the edge and throw it over first.
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“Lucky?” Lew said. “Why do people say that? You get a tumor, and if it turns out that you can operate on it, people say, gee, that was lucky. No, lucky is not getting cancer. Lucky is not getting cancer, then finding ten bucks in your shoe.”
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“Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit,” O’Connell said. “Dr. Jung wrote that above the door to his house. ‘Summoned or not, the god will be there.’”
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All we know is that when death comes for them, when the darkness calls, some of them do not go gentle. They refuse to be pulled in, and so they pull something back out.” “The demons.”
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Dust mites that had been evolving for decades in the room’s substratum clacked their mandibles in anticipation.
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The woman next to me said, It's the Kamikaze.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Daryl Gregory (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Del Rey
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0345501160
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Del Rey
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0345501160
Page Count: 304
Awards edit
- IAFA William L Crawford Fantasy Award (2009)
- World Fantasy Award (Finalist, 2009: Best Novel)
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Finalist, 2009: Adult Literature, Finalist)
- Geffen Award (Finalist, 2012: Best Translated Science Fiction Book)
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- Dewey: 813.6
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