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A retrospective collection of Jack Dann's short stories. The stories were originally published between 1978 and 2001.
Contents
- The Diamond Pit, single work novella (p. 7-76)
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Going Under,
single work
short story
fantasy
'[A] speculation of the RMS Titanic as a modern-day thrill ride where passengers opt to go down with ship and die or choose to reserve a lifeboat and live'.
Source:
Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030901/jubilee.shtml). (Sighted: 1/7/2014)
- Voices, single work short story science fiction (p. 100-109)
- Fairy Tale, single work short story (p. 110-134)
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Marilyn,
Shaun Tan
(illustrator),
single work
short story
horror
'[A] Vietnam veteran's dream "synthesthesia" in which beautiful Marilyn Monroe is a sexed and winged apparition that can transfigure into its terrifying monster opposite'.
Source: Stranger Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030901/jubilee.shtml). (Sighted: 1/7/2014)
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The Black Horn,
single work
short story
fantasy
A unicorn in modern-day Miami.
- Bad Medicine, single work novella fantasy (p. 167-189)
- Tattoos, single work short story (p. 190-211)
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Camps,
single work
short story
Described by a reviewer as the
reality-shifting story of the very ill, hospitalized Stephen, whose Demerol highs send him into an "ice blue dreamworld" where he dreams of being a Jew in a concentration camp. He recites his visions to his nurse, Josie, a former World War II nursemaid and one of the first servicewomen to enter the camps. Somehow, Stephen's dreams are eerily reminiscent of Josie's past.
Source:
Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030901/jubilee.shtml). (Sighted: 1/7/2014)
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Da Vinci Rising,
single work
novella
science fiction
'"Da Vinci Rising" takes place in Florence, Italy, during the 15th-century. Leonardo Da Vinci, the unprecedented inventor, painter, sculptor, and architect, has promised Lorenzo de' Medici that in two weeks' time he'll be prepared to launch his great "flying machine," an invention that will "carry man in the air like a bird. . . ." A series of mishaps, design flaws, and accidents send Leonardo and his apprentice, Niccolo Machiavelli, back into his studio to rethink and redesign his "Great Bird." When his device is perfected, it's put to use in ways Leonardo cannot control.'
Source: Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030901/jubilee.shtml). (Sighted: 1/7/2014).
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Kaddish,
single work
short story
science fiction
A Jewish man grieving the death of his wife and son finds himself caught up in a series of time loops.
- The Extra, single work short story science fiction (p. 311-319)
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A Quiet Revolution for Death,
single work
short story
science fiction
In a future where left-brain thinking is out of fashion, a right-brain dominated society takes on a new view of death.
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Jumping the Road,
single work
short story
A New York Times review described this work as
'a rabbinical tale set on a distant planet with many names and a maddening conundrum: a minority of the indigenous population (who have ''scaly skin like alligators and yellow eyes and seven fingers on each hand'') claim to be Jews – not converts to Judaism but naturally evolved Jews with their own covenant, Torah and Talmud (actually two Talmuds, just as on Earth), their own form of Hebrew and so on. When Rabbi Isaac ibn Chabib of Philadelphia is sent by his rabbi to investigate this preposterous claim, he is understandably skeptical. What he finds among the aliens forces him to reconsider his views on revelation, faith and the Holocaust, which – I can't say any more without doing violence to Dann's conception'.
Source:
Gerald Jones, 'Science Fiction', New York Times, 5 January 2003 (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/books/science-fiction.html)
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Blind Shemmy,
single work
short story
science fiction
Participants at an 'organ-gambling' casino must save their own lives by baring their thoughts and feelings to their partners.
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Tea,
single work
short story
A Brooklyn widow's only respite from loneliness is a man with an unforgivable past.
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Jubilee,
single work
short story
science fiction
'Peter Lindsay lives in Melbourne, Australia. Charles Blackford is an American trying to relive a happier time in Athens. Both men have lost their wives. And now they must decide how to cope with the overwhelming changes being wrought by transcendent emergences from the sea. This is the quintessential “First Contact” story, a mind-bendingly brilliant exploration into what is alien...and what it means to be human.'
Source: Wildside Press (http://www.wildsidepress.com/Jubilee-by-Jack-Dann-epub-and-Kindle_p_5742.html). (Sighted: 1/7/2014)
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Afterword
Slip Me a Fiver,
single work
column
(p. 439-442)
Note: With title: Afterword
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 80-81)
— Review of Jubilee 2001 selected work short story novella -
Science Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 5 January vol. 108 no. 1 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Jubilee 2001 selected work short story novella -
Reviews and News
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 29 2002; (p. 80-91)
— Review of Rebel's Cage 2001 single work novel ; Fire and Sword 2001 single work novel ; The Magicians' Guild 2001 single work novel ; The Stone Mage and the Sea 2001 single work novel ; Schild's Ladder 2001 single work novel ; Shades 2001 series - author novel ; Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures 2001 anthology short story ; The Music of Razors 2001 single work novel ; Bad Medicine 2000 single work novel ; Jubilee 2001 selected work short story novella
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Science Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 5 January vol. 108 no. 1 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Jubilee 2001 selected work short story novella -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 80-81)
— Review of Jubilee 2001 selected work short story novella -
Reviews and News
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 29 2002; (p. 80-91)
— Review of Rebel's Cage 2001 single work novel ; Fire and Sword 2001 single work novel ; The Magicians' Guild 2001 single work novel ; The Stone Mage and the Sea 2001 single work novel ; Schild's Ladder 2001 single work novel ; Shades 2001 series - author novel ; Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures 2001 anthology short story ; The Music of Razors 2001 single work novel ; Bad Medicine 2000 single work novel ; Jubilee 2001 selected work short story novella
Awards
- 2002 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Collected Work
- 2002 finalist Locus Awards — Collection
- 2001 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Peter McNamara Convenors' Award