Book description
LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH represents a very special look at the many
works of this unique genius. These 22 short pieces have been
specifically selected and introduced by his fellow writers and editors,
from Michael Bishop to Jack Dann, Mike Resnick to Neil Gaiman. Each
writes about his or her memories of Effinger and his legacy. Included
are The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything in which Earth is visited by
benevolent aliens who happen to have annoying opinions about everything.
Everything but Honor goes along as a black physicist time-travels to
1860 to murder a Civil War general. Also included here are Effingers O.
Niemand stories, which perfectly mimic the styles of Steinbeck,
Hemingway and Twain. The results are a tour de force sure to please
existing fans and make new fans of anyone who reads them. George Alec
Effinger was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947. He attended Yale
University, where an organic chemistry course disabused him of the
notion of becoming a doctor. He had the opportunity to meet many of his
SF idols thanks to his first wife, who was Damon Knight and Kate
Wilhelm's babysitter. With their encouragement, he began writing science
fiction in 1970. He published at least 20 novels and 6 collections of
short fiction including WHEN GRAVITY FAILS and THE EXILE KISS. As well,
he also wrote and published two crime novels, FELICIA and SHADOW MONEY.
With his Budayeen novels, Effinger helped to found the Cyberpunk genre.
He was a Hugo and Nebula award winner and a favorite amongst fellow SF
writers.
