‘Tales Of Houdini’ by Rudy Rucker
Sterling describes this as a “brief but perfectly constructed fantasy”. It certainly isn’t science fiction but it isn’t really fantasy either; it is a trio of fables with Houdini stuck in the middle like a totem pole. And it is very, very brief. If there is any worth to stories of such length then I’m not convinced it is enough to warrant anthologising them.
Punkosity: *
Quality: **
Written by Martin
30 March 2011 at 09:15
Posted in sf, short stories
Tagged with mirrorshades, rudy rucker
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5 May 2011 at 10:29
Yup, just read this in the same anthology and thought, what the hell is this doing in cyberpunk anthology? I suspect Rucker and Sterling are too clever for their own good, losing the reader in this cryptic story. I should be reviewing the anthology on my blog by early next week.
2theD
5 April 2012 at 02:50
I think the trick is that the story takes place in 1948. I’ll say no more.
Eric Dickinson
21 May 2016 at 23:27