Title: In Springdale Town
Title Record # 308481
Author: Robert Freeman Wexler
Date: 2003-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Author: Robert Freeman Wexler
Date: 2003-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Synopsis: From the front flap of the PS HB edition: "Reconciliation, longing, and ambiguity combine in one astounding locale: Springdale. Is it a mundane New England town on a picturesque river, or the nexus of the paradoxical? Springdale appears to be a quiet village, unblemished by shopping mall or mega-store. The town sits in a fertile valley, surrounded by countryside rich in natural wonder. Summers, tourists attend the area's many arts and music festivals, and hikers crowd the trails. In the fall, reds and yellows of turning leaves decorate the landscape, and in winter, mountain resorts fill with avid skiers. But some say Springdale exists only on the contoured highways of our collective imagination. Others point to references dating back to Colonial Boston, to multiple versions of a ballad telling a story of remorse and disgrace. Here are three facts: 1. Maps cannot be trusted; 2. All History is awash with fraud and hoax; 3. Springdale is an absence of identity. For two people, a lawyer named Patrick Travis and a television actor named Richard Shelling, Springdale is home and anti-home, a place of comfort and a distortion of everyday life. They are strangers to each other, yet connected. Their lives will intersect with a force that shatters both."
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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15 | 2004 Locus | Best Novella |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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In Springdale Town | 2003-03-00 | Robert Freeman Wexler | PS Publishing | 1-902880-53-6 | £25.00?£: UK pound |
viii+ 86 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Edward Miller | |
In Springdale Town | 2003-03-00 | Robert Freeman Wexler | PS Publishing | 1-902880-52-8 | £10.00?£: UK pound |
viii+ 86 |
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. |
chap | Edward Miller | |
Best Short Novels: 2004 | 2004-05-00 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Science Fiction Book Club | 1-58288-086-7 / 1161172 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 572 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Les Edwards | |
Modern Greats of Science Fiction: Nine Novellas of Distinction | 2006-01-09 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | ibooks | 1-59687-307-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 572 |
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. |
anth | Les Munoz | |
Undiscovered Territories | 2021-03-01 | Robert Freeman Wexler | PS Publishing | 978-1-78636-589-7 | £25.00?£: UK pound |
326 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Undiscovered Territories | 2021-03-01 | Robert Freeman Wexler | PS Publishing | £35.00?£: UK pound |
326 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Undiscovered Territories | 2021-03-01 | Robert Freeman Wexler | PS Publishing | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll |
Reviews
- Review by Steve Jeffery (2003) in Vector 231
- Review by Faren Miller (2003) in Locus, #513 October 2003
- Review by Rich Horton (2003) in Locus, #514 November 2003
- Review by Russell Blackford (2004) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2004
- Review by Paul Di Filippo (2004) in Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2004