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The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a short story collection by American science fiction author Gene Wolfe.
- 1980
- Pocket Books
- Publications
- Summary
- Analysis
- Unresolved Questions
First publicationWolfe collectionsOther reprintsAudioThis story is told in the second person. "You" are Tackman "Tackie" Babcock, a young boy living with his divorced mother, bought a book called "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" by her boyfriend Jason. As the house prepares for and then hosts a costume party, characters from the title story -- shipwrecked mariner Captain Ransom, his adv...
Characters and Onomastic Significances
1. Captain Phillip Ransom: Ransom's name refers to Dr. Elwin Ransom, the hero of C.S. Lewis's space trilogy -- Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength -- which, like "The Island of Dr. Death," was inspired in part by the works of H.G. Wells.
Comments
1. 'The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories' is one of the Wolfe Archipelago-stories whose titles each contain the words death, doctor, and islandin some order. 2. Set up like a classic 'story within a story' model. It is traditional in such stories to have the stories related, but in this case Wolfe goes even further and has the story within influence the story without. 3. The story-within-the-story is to some extent similar to HG Wells's novel The Island of Dr Moreau(as of course is it...
Interpretation
1. When the characters from Tackie's book begin showing up in his actual life, the reader first wonders if the boy is imagining them. That he is not is demonstrated by the fact that his aunt observes him talking to Dr. Death. Towards the end, a woman having a "trip" at his mother's party also sees the warriors from Talar's country. The narrative suggests that it may be the bleakness of Tackie's circumstances that is a crucial factor in allowing him to manifest these characters. He seems to ha...
Why does Mrs Babcock call her house The House of 31 February?Why is it that when Tackie takes Captain Ransom's hand he becomes taller and older, but not when he meets Dr Death?Why does Dr Death describe the book as a novel?1 de jun. de 1980 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories ★★★★★ | Melancholy and evocative story about a young boy reading a pulp novel while his mother prepares for a Sixties style debauch. Thematic similarity to Stephen King in a lot of ways, actually.
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15 de jul. de 1997 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories. Paperback – July 15, 1997. A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that transcends all genre definitions.
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- Orb Books
- $20.59
31 de dic. de 2014 · The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories. by. Gene Wolfe. Publication date. 1983-10-02. Topics. Science Fiction - General, Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Science fiction, Short stories, Fiction - Science Fiction. Publisher. Pocket.
24 de sept. de 2022 · The island of doctor death and other stories : and other stories : Wolfe, Gene : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Wolfe, Gene. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Science fiction, American. Publisher. New York : Orb/Tom Doherty Associates. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive.
A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that transcends all genre definitions. The stories within are mined with depth charges, explosions of meaning and illumination that will keep you thinking and feeling long after you have finished reading.
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