Talking Man
{{Short description|1986 novel by Terry Bisson}}
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| name = Talking Man
| image = Talking Man cover.jpg
| caption = 1987 Avon Books edition
| author = Terry Bisson
| country = United States
| publisher = Arbor House (Hardback, 1986)
Avon Books (Paperback, 1987)
| pages = 192 (hardback)
| isbn = 978-0-87795-813-0 |isbn_note= (Hardback, U.S.)
978-0380751419 (Paperback, U.S.)
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Talking Man is a 1986 fantasy novel by American author Terry Bisson. The book tells the story of a Kentucky mechanic called "Talking Man". Talking Man is a wizard who creates his own world.[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/terry-bisson/talking-man.htm Talking Man at Fantastic Fiction]
Reception
Orson Scott Card rated Talking Man as one of the best SF books of 1986, saying "Bisson brings off his story of a Kentucky junkyard wizard with panache."[http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/f&sf/87-05.html "Books to Look For"], F&SF, May 1987
Dave Langford reviewed Talking Man for White Dwarf #95, and stated that "quest to save the world from having never been involves a demented car-chase from Kentucky to the North Pole: enjoyably offbeat."{{cite magazine | last =Langford | first =Dave | author-link =David Langford | title =Critical Mass | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =95 | pages =12 | publisher =Games Workshop | year = November 1987 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.terrybisson.com/index.html Terry Bisson: the author's own website]
- [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/07/the-fantasy-geography-of-america-terry-bissons-talking-man Review] by Jo Walton
- [http://www.scifi.darkroastedblend.com/2006/06/terry-bisson.html Extract from Publishers Weekly review]
Category:American fantasy novels
Category:Novels set in Kentucky
Category:Works by Terry Bisson
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