"""A Palazzo in the Stars"" collects 17 great science fiction stories by a modern master! From the author's Introduction: ""This collection represents the output of about two-and-a-half years, and, while I might have filled such a book in one year's writing time circa 1990, there's nonetheless another collection's worth of newer stuff awaiting curation, beyond this volume. I guess by now I should realize that, for me at least, the process is inevitable, rather like another process I am all too familiar with: acquiring extra pounds. Pleasurable, stealthy and yet eventually noticeable to all. I hope you enjoy these stories of recent vintage.""
PRAISE FOR PAUL DI FILIPPO:
"Di Filippo is one of the most talented humorists in contemporary fantasy and science fiction." -Publishers Weekly
""[An] often genuinely funny mixture of Raymond Carver, Harry Harrison, and Douglas Adams."" -- Booklist
""Few SF writers are as imaginative, energetic, or idea rich as Paul Di Filippo, and fewer still have as broad a knowledge of science and culture. And there's no contemporary SF writer who's more fun to read. --Cynthia Ward"
Paul Di Filippo, a lifelong resident of Rhode Island, has published over thirty books. He lives in Providence with his partner of four decades, Deborah Newton.
Show more"""A Palazzo in the Stars"" collects 17 great science fiction stories by a modern master! From the author's Introduction: ""This collection represents the output of about two-and-a-half years, and, while I might have filled such a book in one year's writing time circa 1990, there's nonetheless another collection's worth of newer stuff awaiting curation, beyond this volume. I guess by now I should realize that, for me at least, the process is inevitable, rather like another process I am all too familiar with: acquiring extra pounds. Pleasurable, stealthy and yet eventually noticeable to all. I hope you enjoy these stories of recent vintage.""
PRAISE FOR PAUL DI FILIPPO:
"Di Filippo is one of the most talented humorists in contemporary fantasy and science fiction." -Publishers Weekly
""[An] often genuinely funny mixture of Raymond Carver, Harry Harrison, and Douglas Adams."" -- Booklist
""Few SF writers are as imaginative, energetic, or idea rich as Paul Di Filippo, and fewer still have as broad a knowledge of science and culture. And there's no contemporary SF writer who's more fun to read. --Cynthia Ward"
Paul Di Filippo, a lifelong resident of Rhode Island, has published over thirty books. He lives in Providence with his partner of four decades, Deborah Newton.
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