50 x 50: The mini-sagas

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作者	Brian Aldiss
出版社	The Friday Project
ISBN	9780007515271
出版时间	2012-12-10
字数	1.7万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

Bite-sized stories from one of the masters of contemporary fiction. Thanks to social media, the world is getting ever more adept at writing concisely. However, Brian Aldiss was writing in this style long before twitter. In this collection of stories, Aldiss returns to the mini-saga tradition that ran for 6 years in The Telegraph, offering 50 brand-new 50-word narratives that will delight readers of any genre.

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Title Page

COUNTABLE INTRODUCTION BY BRIAN ALDISS

1. INDOORS WITH DELILAH

2. THE TRYST

3. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE

4. COMPLEX BEHAVIOURS

5. WHEN YOU’RE SMILING

6. PAINTING BY KARL SPITZWEG

7. WANTED, THE WILDERNESS

THE DRAGON SLAYERS

8. THE UNDERGROUND STRIKE

9. DELILAH’S DANCE

10. THE LIVING PAST: A Rhyme

11. XENOPHOBIA

12. SANCTUARY: A Poem

13. THE FRENCH READER

14. MUSICAL TASTES

15. JOCASTA SPEAKS

16. ESCAPE, 1255 A.D.

17. THE OLD HOUSE

18. THE SHORT LIFE OF ROSETTA STONE

19. THE CALL OF THE WILD: in verse

20. LOST AT SEA!

21. RUINS

22. THE UPRISING

23. THE SUBJECT UNDER DISCUSSION

24. ANIMAL FARM

25. CIVILIZATION

26. THE ETERNAL PRESENT

27. THE IMPACT OF POETRY

28. A SALTY SACRIFICE

29. MY HOME TOWN

30. CINEMA PARADISO

31. CRO-MAGNON HE SPEAK

32. THE NEW LIFESTYLE

33. APHORISM

34. RUDOLF HESS

35. RETURN OF DEAR OLD GRANNIE

36. A LONG-STANDING HERO!

37. AN EXILE’S MINI-SAGA

38. CROSSROADS

39. HIGH TIDE

40. HAPPINESS AND SUFFERING

41. A VOICE IN A GARDEN

42. A LITTLE HEART SONG

43. THE LENIENCY OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY

44. GLAMOROUS SMILE, BRAVE GOLDFISH

45. MY FRIEND EDDIE

46. THE DINOSAUR ARCHBISHOP

47. THE LAWN TILL DAWN

48. THE STANDING STONE

49. DIVING BELLE

EPILOGUE: CAN YOU FEEL ANYTHING?

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