Talking Man
1986 novel by Terry Bisson
978-0-87795-813-0 (Hardback, U.S.) 978-0380751419 (Paperback, U.S.)
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.[1]
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."[2]
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."[3]
References
External links
- Terry Bisson: the author's own website
- Review by Jo Walton
- Extract from Publishers Weekly review
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