The imaginary lives of mechanical men :
Nelson, Randy F., 1948-
The imaginary lives of mechanical men : stories. by Randy F. Nelson. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2006. - 210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction .
Mechanical men -- They have replaceable valves and filters: The cave ; Here's a shot of us at the Grand Canyon ; Food is fuel ; Abuduction ; The guardian -- The ticking and tocking of their hearts: Cutters ; Breaker ; River story ; In the picking room -- Two who drowned: Refiner's fire ; Pulp life -- One who got away: Escape.
The mechanical men in these narratives--Industrial Age holdovers, outsiders in want of relevance and respect, or overwhelmed people who confuse the certainties of one reality with the doubts of another--are cut off in some way from contemporary culture.
9780820328454 0820328456
2005037661
Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction.
PS 3614.E4493 / .Im16 2006
The imaginary lives of mechanical men : stories. by Randy F. Nelson. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2006. - 210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction .
Mechanical men -- They have replaceable valves and filters: The cave ; Here's a shot of us at the Grand Canyon ; Food is fuel ; Abuduction ; The guardian -- The ticking and tocking of their hearts: Cutters ; Breaker ; River story ; In the picking room -- Two who drowned: Refiner's fire ; Pulp life -- One who got away: Escape.
The mechanical men in these narratives--Industrial Age holdovers, outsiders in want of relevance and respect, or overwhelmed people who confuse the certainties of one reality with the doubts of another--are cut off in some way from contemporary culture.
9780820328454 0820328456
2005037661
Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction.
PS 3614.E4493 / .Im16 2006
