Talking Man
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| File:Talking Man cover.jpg 1987 Avon Books edition | |
| Author | Terry Bisson |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Arbor House (Hardback, 1986) Avon Books (Paperback, 1987) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 192 (hardback) |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Hardback, U.S.) 978-0380751419 (Paperback, U.S.) |
Talking Man is a 1986 fantasy novel by American author Terry Bisson. The book tells the story of a Kentucky mechanic called "Talking Man". Talking Man is a wizard who creates his own world.[1]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Orson Scott Card rated Talking Man as one of the best SF books of 1986, saying "Bisson brings off his story of a Kentucky junkyard wizard with panache."[2]
Dave Langford reviewed Talking Man for White Dwarf #95, and stated that "quest to save the world from having never been involves a demented car-chase from Kentucky to the North Pole: enjoyably offbeat."[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Talking Man at Fantastic Fiction
- ^ "Books to Look For", F&SF, May 1987
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Terry Bisson: the author's own website Archived April 8, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- Review by Jo Walton
- Extract from Publishers Weekly review
