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|series = ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'' anthologies | |series = ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'' anthologies | ||
|number = 6 | |number = 6 | ||
|editor = [[ | |editor = [[Liz Evershed]] | ||
|cover = [[Blair Bidmead]] | |cover = [[Blair Bidmead]] | ||
|publisher = Obverse Books | |publisher = Obverse Books | ||
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'''''Stranger Tales of the City''''' was the sixth anthology in the ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|City of the Saved]]'' series. It was edited by range veteran [[ | '''''Stranger Tales of the City''''' was the sixth anthology in the ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|City of the Saved]]'' series. It was edited by range veteran [[Liz Evershed]], making it the first ''City of the Saved'' anthology to be edited by someone other than [[City of the Saved|the City]]'s creator [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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A window-seller visits a claustrophobic suburb and finds it full of mystery. | A window-seller visits a claustrophobic suburb and finds it full of mystery. | ||
A [[Remake]] gunslinger seeks a new role from the one he was | A [[Remake]] gunslinger seeks a new role from the one he was always meant to play… | ||
In this, the sixth anthology in the [[The City of the Saved (series)|City of the Saved series]], we meet a host of [[human]] and not-so-human characters getting to grips with life in the afterlife: [[alien]] adoptees with no previous experience of human cultures; Citizens permanently missing and not merely misplaced; [[priest]]esses of long-forgotten [[religion]]s; [[posthuman]]s with their own baffling version of the [[Civil Tongue]]; a viral strain of humankind that has never known community… | In this, the sixth anthology in the [[The City of the Saved (series)|City of the Saved series]], we meet a host of [[human]] and not-so-human characters getting to grips with life in the afterlife: [[alien]] adoptees with no previous experience of human cultures; Citizens permanently missing and not merely misplaced; [[priest]]esses of long-forgotten [[religion]]s; [[posthuman]]s with their own baffling version of the [[Civil Tongue]]; a [[virus|viral]] strain of humankind that has never known community… | ||
The City is full of strangers and these are their tales. | The City is full of strangers and these are their tales. | ||
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|[[Richard Wright]] | |[[Richard Wright]] | ||
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|''[[Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks (short story)| The Real Professional Bag of Tricks]]'' | |''[[Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks (short story)|Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks]]'' | ||
|[[James Bojaciuk]] | |[[James Bojaciuk]] | ||
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|[[Kara Dennison]] | |[[Kara Dennison]] | ||
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|[[Stranger Tales of the City linking material | |[[Stranger Tales of the City linking material (short story)|Linking material]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Liz Evershed]] | ||
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|[[Postscript (short story)|Postscript]] | |[[Postscript (short story)|Postscript]] | ||
|[[James Bojaciuk]] and [[ | |[[James Bojaciuk]] and [[Liz Evershed]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | * {{Obverse|product/stranger-tales-of-the-city/}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 2 December 2020
Stranger Tales of the City was the sixth anthology in the City of the Saved series. It was edited by range veteran Liz Evershed, making it the first City of the Saved anthology to be edited by someone other than the City's creator Philip Purser-Hallard.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The knights hospitaller have just woken to a second life in a City the size of a galaxy.
Two strangers from a far-distant future are flung together on Resurrection Day.
A window-seller visits a claustrophobic suburb and finds it full of mystery.
A Remake gunslinger seeks a new role from the one he was always meant to play…
In this, the sixth anthology in the City of the Saved series, we meet a host of human and not-so-human characters getting to grips with life in the afterlife: alien adoptees with no previous experience of human cultures; Citizens permanently missing and not merely misplaced; priestesses of long-forgotten religions; posthumans with their own baffling version of the Civil Tongue; a viral strain of humankind that has never known community…
The City is full of strangers and these are their tales.
Individual stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Stranger Tales of the City page at Obverse Books
- Stranger Tales of the City at the Faction Paradox wiki
