None So Blind

Product Description [This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] [Read by Tom Weiner] Fifteen remarkable tales from Joe Haldeman, an award-winning visionary and true master of worlds and wonders -- the man whom author David Brin calls ''one of the best prophetic writers of our times'' -- who once again demonstrates the breathtaking scope and startling power of his imagination, transporting listeners across space and time, into the heart of darkness and the soul of madness. From the spine-tingling account of an intergalactic poacher's rite of passage to an erotic and ultimately uplifting modern fable of inner scars and otherworldly transformation, here are fifteen remarkable tales, including the classic novella The Hemingway Hoax. These are stories that sing with a unique and haunting voice -- stories of war's monsters, of brutal art and lost stars, and a brief, miraculous moment called childhood, when a young girl can actually fly. Review ''The title tale in this new collection from Haldeman is a stunner . . . 'The Hemingway Hoax' builds the classic SF concept of multiple universes into a novella rich in characterization and insights into the creative process . . . the four story-poems are very effective, and 'If I Had the Wings of an Angel' speaks eloquently to the young adult market. The introduction and notes that round out the collection say much about the process of turning ideas into stories -- a transformation at which, apparently, Haldeman is still a master.'' --Publishers Weekly (starred review)''Throughout, the richly drawn characters are generally ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. A strong contender for SF collections, this will work in general short story collections as well.'' --Library Journal '' 'In action, a writer looks pretty much like a clerk.' So Joe Haldeman writes in the introduction to this collection. But Haldeman, like Einstein, proves that clerks can have enough vision to rock the cosmos . . . Each [story] showcases the author's grasp of what it means to be alive and human (or inhuman), written with a powerful clarity and a subtle imagination.'' --Amazon.com Review''Pride of place goes to the Hugo and Nebula-winning novella, 'The Hemingway Hoax,' of which the 1990 Kirkus review of the novel version declared: ''Literary games and multidimensional meddling . . . . so strong are Haldeman's warmth and charm, so deep his knowledge and love of Hemingway, that all this hanky-panky remains enjoyable even at its most improbable.'' Also impressive are the Hugo award-winning title piece, about genius, unlikely lovers, and rewiring the human brain; and 'Graves', a Vietnam horror yarn that won both a Nebula and a World Fantasy award. In a similar vein, 'The Monster' is another excellent candidate for The X- Files . . . . [Haldeman] is at his best when his attention is fully engaged -- Hemingway, Vietnam, alienation -- and when he allows his own hopes and fears to communicate to the reader.'' --Kirkus Reviews''Throughout, the richly drawn characters are generally ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. A strong contender for SF collections, this will work in general short story collections as well.'' --Library Journal '' 'In action, a writer looks pretty much like a clerk.' So Joe Haldeman writes in the introduction to this collection. But Haldeman, like Einstein, proves that clerks can have enough vision to rock the cosmos . . . Each [story] showcases the author's grasp of what it means to be alive and human (or inhuman), written with a powerful clarity and a subtle imagination.'' --Amazon.com Review''Pride of place goes to the Hugo and Nebula-winning novella, 'The Hemingway Hoax,' of which the 1990 Kirkus review of the novel version declared: ''Literary games and multidimensional meddling . . . . so strong are Haldeman's warmth and charm, so deep his knowledge and love of Hemingway, that all this hanky-panky remains enjoyable even at its most improbable.'' Also im