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A shapeshifting beast struggles to find its place among humanity in this classic science fiction adventure, a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. No one, not even the beast itself, knows where it came from or what it is. Witnesses' descriptions vary. A big dog, a wolf, a lynx. A cross between a gorilla and a bear. A fiend out of hell . . . Roving the American Midwest in the midst of the Great Depression, it hunts in the dark, finding prey where it can. Then, one night it is trapped in a hayloft by a farmer with a shotgun. Sensing the man's fear, the beast transforms . . . into a five-year-old boy named Robert Lee Burney. The boy finds happiness living with the farmer and his wife, and enjoys learning about their ways. At night, he allows the beast to get out to hunt and play, but a terrifying attack on the farm changes everything in a moment . . . On the run, the beast strives to understand the confusing and dangerous world in which it now finds itself. It must also search for a new home and figure out what--or who--it is. The first book in a trilogy for fans of Clifford D. Simak and Ray Bradbury. Praise for Robert Stallman "Stallman reminds me of Ray Bradbury . . . A big talent." --Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story "A vision of the perilous coming-together of a man-soul and monster-soul in us all. The result is an exciting blend of love and violence, of sensitivity and savagery." --Fritz Leiber, author of Swords and Deviltry "The Orphan is frank, violent, and at times erotic in jarring, unexpected ways. The bottom line? Highly recommended." --Black Gate… (más)
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
That I may reduce the monster to Myself, and then may be myself.
In face of the monster, be more than part Of it, more than the monstrous player of
One of its monstrous lutes, not be Alone, but reduce the monster and be,
Two things, the two together as one...
Wallace Stevens from The Man with the Blue Guitar
Dedicatoria
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
This book is dedicated to Patricia who introduced us.
Primeras palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In Mount Clemens yesterday, the wild dog problem was relieved by a local farmer, Gustave Hohenrikt, who cornered a pack of stray dogs in his barn and killed four of them with a shotgun.
Eyes would see nothing in the blackness of the hayloft.
Citas
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
I am and will be. There is no time when I am not. This is the first lesson. My need creates my self. This is the second lesson Alone is safe. this is the third lesson.
Últimas palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
And I set off down the hillside for the river, heading north-east.
A shapeshifting beast struggles to find its place among humanity in this classic science fiction adventure, a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. No one, not even the beast itself, knows where it came from or what it is. Witnesses' descriptions vary. A big dog, a wolf, a lynx. A cross between a gorilla and a bear. A fiend out of hell . . . Roving the American Midwest in the midst of the Great Depression, it hunts in the dark, finding prey where it can. Then, one night it is trapped in a hayloft by a farmer with a shotgun. Sensing the man's fear, the beast transforms . . . into a five-year-old boy named Robert Lee Burney. The boy finds happiness living with the farmer and his wife, and enjoys learning about their ways. At night, he allows the beast to get out to hunt and play, but a terrifying attack on the farm changes everything in a moment . . . On the run, the beast strives to understand the confusing and dangerous world in which it now finds itself. It must also search for a new home and figure out what--or who--it is. The first book in a trilogy for fans of Clifford D. Simak and Ray Bradbury. Praise for Robert Stallman "Stallman reminds me of Ray Bradbury . . . A big talent." --Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story "A vision of the perilous coming-together of a man-soul and monster-soul in us all. The result is an exciting blend of love and violence, of sensitivity and savagery." --Fritz Leiber, author of Swords and Deviltry "The Orphan is frank, violent, and at times erotic in jarring, unexpected ways. The bottom line? Highly recommended." --Black Gate
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