| Popis: |
Gerd Maximovic is one of the highest acclaimed SF-writers of Germany today. In this volume, you find some of his finest stories. They have been published in Playboy and Omni as well as in six of his collections. The author has won the European SF Award. Here you find something to laugh about, a lot of stories of Humor are included. You will learn about married professors, slyly inventing machines to get easy access to other beautiful women. But never mind, the old woman will win, she is clever. There are fairy tales of highest literary qualiy, too. Like'Mirror, Mirror', a modern retelling of the famous fairy tale.'Mirror, Mirror'has been published in several languages, and has already found enthusiastic readers. What about Hitchcock's'Birds'among these pages? Look for yourself, be stunned, and get gripped! Please mind, all of these stories are of high literary quality, but all of them are very entertaining, even gripping and thrilling. You don't like to get bored? Neither does the author. These stories are not only sheer entertainment, but in all of them you find a lot to think about. Stephen Potts on one of the author's German collections:'An earnest, entertaining, often fascinating volume, deserving English translation.' |
