War of the Words

Overview:

  • Title: War of the Words
  • Author: Joy Press
  • Year: 2001
  • ISBN-10: 0609808532
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press
  • Price: $14.00
  • Pages: xvii+318
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Close Encounters: The Squandered Promise of Science Fiction
  • Notes:
    • An anthology of literary criticism that appeared in the Village Voice Literary Supplement, subtitled (only on the cover) "20 Years of Writing on Contemporary Literature".
    • Of the forty essays in this anthology only those of spec-fic interest have been indexed.
    • 'A Saint and a Stranger' is a retitled review of Angela Carter's Burning Your Boats: The Collected Stories.
    • 'Ludd's Labour Lost' is a retitled review of Nicholson Baker's The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber.
    • Cover design by Kimberly Hall.
    • Also priced $21.00 in Canada.