Selections from Fragile Things, Volume 5

<p>The marvelous creations found in <em>Fragile Things</em> showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance—as well as the terrifyingly dark and entertaining sense of humor—of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, <em>Fragile Things</em> is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.</p> <p>In <em>Selections from Fragile Things</em>, Volume 5 you will find the following stories and poems sure to thrill and amaze.</p> <p><em>In the End</em><br> “In the end,” starts the ultimate imagined biblical scene, a strange reversal of Genesis.</p> <p><em>Goliath</em><br> Derived from the script of <em>The Matrix</em>, a giant man attempts to navigate a simple life on an Earth where even the most basic rules of time and travel are routinely broken.</p> <p><em>Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky</em><br> A rambling American journey in search of the evasive Scarlett, recorded in a journal and left in a shoebox of treasures for us to decipher.</p> <p><em>How To Talk To Girls At Parties</em><br> Fifteen-year-old Enn has trouble talking to girls. His best friend Vic’s solution? With practice comes comfort. But, this party, with its otherworldly guests, may produce just the opposite effect.</p> <p><em>The Day the Saucers Came</em><br> You would think the mass-landing of flying saucers would be hard to miss, unless of course you were distracted by the zombies or something equally consuming, as in Gaiman’s apocalyptic love poem.</p> <p><em>Sunbird</em><br> What’s an Epicurean Club to do when it’s exhausted all the world’s finest delicacies, from flash-frozen mammoth, to unicorn flank tartare, to dung-beetle balls? Hunt down a Sunbird and push the limits of gastronomic indulgence a bit further, of course.</p> <p><em>Inventing Aladdin</em><br> Gaiman’s poem examines storytellers’ motivation through the most dire case, that of Scheherazade.</p>

Author(s): Neil Gaiman  

ISBN 10: 0061848999
ISBN 13: 9780061848995
Pages: 100
Publication: 2/3/2009