{"product_id":"horse-of-a-different-color-hardcover","title":"Horse of a Different Color - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Waldrop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Philip K. Dick is our homegrown Borges (as Ursula K. Le Guin once said), then Waldrop is our very American magic-realist, as imaginative and playful as early Garcia Marquez or, better yet, Italo Calvino. . . . You never know what he'll come up with next, but somehow it's always a Waldrop story.--Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaldrop subtly mutates the past, extrapolating the changes into some of the most insightful, and frequently amusing, stories being written today.--\u003ci\u003eThe Houston Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most startling, original, and entertaining short story writer in science fiction today.--George R. R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt always feels like Christmas when a new Howard Waldrop collection arrives.--Connie Willis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Waldrop's stories are keys to the secrets of the stories \u003ci\u003ebehind\u003c\/i\u003e the stories . . . or perhaps the stories \u003ci\u003ebetween\u003c\/i\u003e the stories everyone else knows. From The Wolfman of Alcatraz to a horrifying Hansel and Gretel, from The Bravest Girl I Ever Knew to the sixth Marx brother's story of a vaudeville act tracking down the Holy Grail, this new collection is a wunderkammer of strangeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Waldrop\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Mississippi and now living in Austin, Texas, is an American iconoclast. His highly original books include \u003ci\u003eThem Bones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Dozen Tough Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the collections \u003ci\u003eHoward Who?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Night of the Cooters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOther Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetter Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThings Will Never Be the Same\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards for his novelette The Ugly Chickens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Waldrop: Howard Waldrop, born in Mississippi and now living in Austin, Texas, is an American iconoclast. His highly original books include \u003ci\u003eThem Bones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Dozen Tough Jobs, \u003c\/i\u003e and the collections \u003ci\u003eHoward Who?, All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Night of the Cooters, Other Worlds, Better Lives, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThings Will Never Be the Same\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards for his novelette \"The Ugly Chickens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 195\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730260004927,"sku":"9781618730732","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fa8a86d407410245a64ca5ae6a09cefc.webp?v=1765125428","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/horse-of-a-different-color-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}