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Overview"Includes the story The Helper and His Hero, nominated for a Nebula Award - Best Novella, 2007 For years now, 40,000 readers of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction have been reveling in the adventures of Matt Hughes's Guth Bandar, the hero of this novel. Hughes is one of the top voices in modern SF, and this book has a huge audience waiting for it. For 100,000 years, Old Earth's Institute for Historical Inquiry has mapped the collective unconscious of the human race. They have encountered all the archetypal figures - the Wise Man and the Fool, the Destroyer and the Redeemer - the ""usual suspects"" that populate the myths and legends at the back of the human mind. And now young Guth Bandar suspects the collective unconscious has become aware of itself. Worse, it has an agenda. And worst of all, it can force Bandar to go deep into the darkest forests of the mind, where the only escape from madness is death." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew HughesPublisher: Red Deer College Press,Canada Imprint: Red Deer College Press,Canada Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.40cm Weight: 0.467kg ISBN: 9780889953895ISBN 10: 0889953899 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 15 October 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe frantic pace and episodic structure make reading The Commons feel a bit like watching someone play a video game, with Bandar having to complete increasingly difficult levels as he gains experience points on his way to the final showdown. But it all makes for a rollicking fun ride. <br>-- Quill and Quire <p> Intriguing world with mind-expanding ideas; cool science-fantasy setting; deals heavily with archetypes yet avoids clichA(c). <br>-- SF Signal The frantic pace and episodic structure make reading The Commons feel a bit like watching someone play a video game, with Bandar having to complete increasingly difficult levels as he gains experience points on his way to the final showdown. But it all makes for a rollicking fun ride. -- Quill and Quire Intriguing world with mind-expanding ideas; cool science-fantasy setting; deals heavily with archetypes yet avoids clichA(c). -- SF Signal Author InformationMatthew Hughes's work has appeared frequently in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and numerous Year's Best anthologies. His previous novels include Fool's Errant and Black Brillion. He lives in British Columbia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |