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I discovered Brian Biswas via Perihelion Science Fiction ezine, and as always, the editorial judgment of Sam Bellotto Jr was vindicated. Sam has an eye for intelligent writing, fresh prose, and something beyond the usual offerings of science fiction short stories.
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by the sweet, nostalgic vibe to these stories. Dark undercurrents can swiftly turn the fantastic into a cautionary tale or a reminder that even the best of us can throw away our values and betray our humanity when faced with unexpected temptations. The challenge is to talk about these things in a book review without spoiler after spoiler! For now, let me say a lonely light housekeeper welcoming a stranger in the night, and a scholar who is followed around by a strange bird, left me screaming why, why, why did you go over the edge and... do that. And that's the beauty of fiction right there, exploring the darkest recesses of the human soul, the complex motivations, the questions nobody can answer.
Over the years, Brian Biswas has published his fiction in various professional magazines. How would you ever find all his stories online, or in bookstores? Well, you wouldn't. Until now. Fans of Night Gallery, The Twilight Zone, vintage science fiction, magic realism, and - well, fans of good stories and good literature - this is the book for you!
The beauty of ebooks and anthologies is finding a collection of stories all in one handy place. All nineteen tales in thi volume are startling, thought-provoking, fun to ponder and filled with mystery. Human nature never fails to surprise, startle, or shock us, even though we already know we are capable of the diabolical wickedness and angelic altruism.
I had to look up irrealism - The belief that phenomenalism and physicalism are alternative "world-versions," both useful in some circumstances, but neither capable of fully capturing the other. Also, an estrangement from our generally accepted sense of reality.
Well, that makes it all the more challenging for the reader--and fun!--especially for readers who love puzzles. Biswas has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's in computer science, a rare combination that lends all the more depth and veracity to storytelling prowess.
The strange, vivid imagery of dreams is a hallmark of all Brian's fiction. I love his attention to visuals. A blue parrot is more than just a bird in the backstory in "A Journey through the Wormhole." And the scientist, who appears to overly trusting and optimistic, pulls a surprise twist on the reporter looking for a scoop. Throughout the story, a sense of irrealism is underscored in the way these men are not named, other than the scientist and the reporter. Truly, this is one of the best stories ever published in Perihelion Science Fiction, and if forced to choose one favorite in an anthology full of great stories, this one is it.
In "This Old Man," several types of images recur, from rainbows formed by the Fountain of Saint Gabriel to iridescent wings and birdsong, and most vividlyh, a lizard who makes three appearances, always right before (spoiler deleted).
The science in this fiction is accurate, plausible, and often mind-blowing. I especially love the details in "The Worms of Titan":
*Titan is a dark place, its surface one-tenth as bright as Earth. The daytime temperature is about ninety-eight kelvins. Titan’s atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen (ninety-seven percent) and methane (two percent), with the remainder consisting of trace amounts of noxious elements such as hydrogen cyanide. A forbidding world, certainly, but one teeming with organic compounds, many deep within lakes that cover much of the surface, and which make human exploration difficult. It was a welcome surprise, then, when in the spring of 2186... *
Over the years, Brian Biswas has published his fiction in various professional magazines. How would you ever find them all online now, or in bookstores? Well, you wouldn't.
The beauty of ebooks and anthologies is finding a collection of stories all in one handy place.
While there are elements of his writing style and verbiage that I don't always like, I love the characters and the stories, regardless.
THANK YOU to the publisher of this book, Carrol Fix, for sending me an ARC (advance reader copy) so I could review it for Perihelion, but Sam Bellotto Jr was hospitalized twice, putting the ezine on hold. My original Amazon review was purged, apparently due to a violation of "Friends and Family" policy, but how can a reader in the age of the internet resist fan-girling and becoming a social media friend of the authors in her Kindle? I've discovered many great authors via Amazon and have come to follow them on Twitter and Facebook and interviewed some for my review. "Blog tours" -- at the turn of the century, that wasn't a thing yet. You can search "Brian Biswas" online and find author interviews and news stories about his writing career, which is in addition to his day job.
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