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Title: The Empire of Ice Cream Title Record # 181194
Author: Jeffrey Ford
Date: 2006-04-00
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
Synopsis: Mixing the mundane with the metaphysical, the pairings of the everyday and the extraordinary in this collection of short fiction yield supernatural results—a young musician perceives another world while drinking coffee, a fairy chronicles his busy life in a sandcastle during the changing tide, a demonic 16th-century chess set shows up in a New Jersey bar, and Charon, the boatman of hell, takes a few days vacation. Storylines both conventional and outlandish reveal humdrum routines as menacing, or imaginary worlds as perfectly familiar. Allusions to authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne reinforce the fantasy tradition in these tales, while understated humor and moments of sadness add a quirky unpredictability. Also included is the previously unpublished novella, "Botch Town," a coming-of-age story about a boy on Long Island whose family and friends live ordinary lives under threats both real and imagined. Each story is followed by a brief afterword that details its genesis.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Empire of Ice Cream 2006-04-00 Jeffrey Ford Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #44) 1-930846-39-8
$24.95?$: US dollar
xi+
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Picacio Checkmark
The Empire of Ice Cream 2009-04-00 Jeffrey Ford Golden Gryphon Press (Golden Gryphon #44) 978-1-930846-58-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
xi+
319
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll John Picacio  
The Empire of Ice Cream 2015-06-09 Jeffrey Ford Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4804-1106-7
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jamie Keenan  
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