"Alan Dean Foster - Impossible Places" - читать интересную книгу автора (Foster Alan Dean)

Who could do things with words that most
writers can only do with dreams.
May he rest in comfort.
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Introduction
тАЬLay Your Head on My PiloseтАЭ
тАЬDiesel DreamтАЭ
тАЬLethal PerspectiveтАЭ
тАЬLaying VeneerтАЭ
тАЬBetcha CanтАЩt Eat Just OneтАЭ
тАЬFitting TimeтАЭ
тАЬWe Three KingsтАЭ
тАЬNASA Sending Addicts to Mars!тАЭ
тАЬEmpoweredтАЭ
тАЬThe KissтАЭ
тАЬThe Impossible PlaceтАЭ
тАЬThe Boy Who Was a SeaтАЭ
тАЬUndying IronтАЭ
тАЬThe QuestionтАЭ
тАЬThe Kindness of StrangersтАЭ
тАЬPein bek Longpela TelimponтАЭ
тАЬSuzy QтАЭ
тАЬThe Little Bits That CountтАЭ
тАЬSideshowтАЭ



Introduction


Every professional needs a workout. Basketball players shoot free throws and jump shots. Golfers
retire to the driving range to practice their swing. Lawyers argue in front of mirrors; actors perform in
summer stock; artists work with pencil and pastel in sketchbooks. Landscapers fill flowerpots; swimmers
do lap after lap; gem cutters try different cuts with flawed stones.
Writers write short stories.
ExceptтАФsometimes the longest drive comes not on the course, but on the driving range. Occasionally
the finest piece of art leaps out not from the finished oil on canvas, but from the sketchbook. Now and
then, the most expansive, the most beautiful flower blossoms are not in the elaborate garden, but in the
simple pot.
Writers write short stories.
There are all kinds of freedom attendant to composing shorts. Most obviously, a good deal less time is
involved. For professionals, thatтАЩs more than a little important. Then too, the creative freedom that is
inherent in and so important to the writing of fantasy and science fiction is magnified in reverse. The
shorter the story, the greater the freedom. ItтАЩs easier for artists to let themselves go in an afternoon than
over a period lasting four or five or six months, or a year or two. DoesnтАЩt matter if youтАЩre writing, or
painting, or composing music. Time is precious to us all.