Plumage from Pegasus
Publisher: Cosmos Books
Published: August 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780809556090
Subjects: Science Fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction; Humorous; Science Fiction - Short Stories; Authorship; Fiction / Science Fiction / Short Stories; Fiction-Humorous
Description: What happens when the tools and themes of science fiction are applied to the genre of science fiction itself-and to publishing in general? Surprisingly, the result is not a black hole of dreary self-referentiality but a supernova of literary comedy, in the manner of classicists such as S.J. Perelman, Stephen Leacock and Robert Benchley, and postmodernists such as Mark Leyner, Will Self and Steve Aylett.

In this collection of short, sharp, satirical gems, Paul Di Filippo-noted for his own fiction and criticism, which gives him an insider's perspective-turns a keen eye on the foibles, fallacies, fads and failures of science fiction the industry, mining comedic gold from the gaffes, pomposities and pretensions of authors, publicists, reviewers, publishers, editors, fans, librarians and bookstore owners.