Travellers in Magic, Lisa Goldstein
Travellers in Magic, Lisa Goldstein
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Travellers in Magic
Stories

Author: Lisa Goldstein

Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/11/2020


Synopsis

Fifteen stories of ordinary lives that take fantastic turns.

Robert never quite feels at home with Cassie's family, a gang of eccentrics including a reptile smuggler, a worshipper of Osiris, and an old woman who believes her photographs can see into the future. When he breaks up with Cassie, she is so upset that she gives him the most terrible thing she can offer: an envelope of her grandmother's photos, which show in detail the path that Robert's life will take. At first, this vision of the future gives him strength—but soon it becomes a prison on glossy paper.

A Nebula and Hugo Award finalist, "Cassandra’s Photographs" demonstrates all the power of Lisa Goldstein's imagination. Whether she is writing about shape-shifting aliens or kind-hearted ghosts, Goldstein's fantasies remain grounded in reality, supported by the kind of crystalline prose that takes a lifetime to master. This collection also includes the Nebula Award finalist "Alfred."

About Lisa Goldstein

Lisa Goldstein is the National Book Award-winning author of The Red Magician and The Uncertain Places. She has published eleven novels and two short fiction collections, including Dark Cities Underground, The Alchemist's Door, and Travellers in Magic. Her short fiction has appeared in such magazines as Interzone and Asimov's Science Fiction, and in anthologies including The Norton Book of Science Fiction and the Year's Best Fantasy series. Goldstein is also a founding member of the women's speculative fiction co-operative the Brazen Hussies. She lives in Oakland, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by C.

A few good tales, but ultimately disapointing. Most try too hard to be a "story-with a twist", which is the usual pit-fall that fantasy authors fall into with short-fiction.......more

Goodreads review by Asani

Stories of uneven quality A few are really good. One about a woman who hears a voice that tells her what to do, which may or may not be an Alien’s. Another about tourists getting lost in the magical kingdom of Amaz. A wonderful story about the fairytales told by a Jewish mother who’s family had died......more

Goodreads review by B K

Inventive, well-written short stories Lisa Goldstein is a terrific writer. Her words pull the reader forward in a seemingly effortless way. I am looking forward to reading more of her work.......more