The fantastic spectrum of elizabeth hand clarkesworld magazine. Elizabeth hand books list of books by author elizabeth hand. Apr 14, 2008 praise for generation loss although generation loss moves like a thriller, it detonates with greater resound. Her iconoclastic series of crime novels which features offbeat photographer cass neary, began with the underground classic generation loss, and that was followed by. Elizabeth hand is a new york times notable and multiple awardwinning author. The main point of contact between the two books is the heroine, cass neary, a burnedout, aging punk with a dead gaze, a faded tattoo and a. Share elizabeth hand quotations about talent and character. Elizabeth hand born 29 march 1957 is an american writer, whose first story. George pelecanos a skin blistering crime novel as edgy and black as dried blood on a moonlit night. The third novel about cassandra nearyafter the groundbreaking generation loss and the edgy available darkhard light brings cass to england, where she immediately falls into a web of art, drugs, music, and madness. Elizabeth hand just keeps getting better and better, and hard light is powerful evidence of her mastery in the noir field. Truly, her career as a writer of the fantastic has a wide spectrum, or, as lucius shepard noted, when you read hand s work, you cannot help but to see. The opening three chapters might convince many readers that this is a book about drug addiction or borderline personality disorderintensely conceived and brilliantly written, they are my favorite. Elizabeth hand writes with craftsmanship and passion.
Click to read more about generation loss by elizabeth hand. Cass neary made her name in the 70s as a photographer embedded in the burgeoning punk movement in new york city. Elizabeth hand, a new york times notable author, has written nine novels and several shortstory collections. Hands main character, cass neary, first appeared in the cult hit generation loss, and here she has returned in a blistering story that will sear the pages from your fingers. Generation loss is out this spring from small beer press. Elizabeth hand audio books, best sellers, author bio. Hands clever novel begins with the harsh realities of the 70s punk movement and the. Narrator cass neary is a hypnotic blend of hidden vulnerability, selfishness, and curiosity. For my comments on generation loss and wylding hall, see my post on my winter of discontent. Robert crais ferocious, aching with compassion and cruelly brilliant. As this riveting tourdeforce opens, the police already want to talk to cass about a mysterious death she was involved with previously, but before they can bring her in, cass accepts a job offer from overseas and hops on a plane.
She studied drama and anthropology at the catholic university of america. If you like atmospheric horror novels that start off strong and then peter out, consider adam nevills the ritual. She has written seven novels, including the cult classics waking the moon and generation loss, and shortstory collections. Her work has received multiple shirley jackson, world fantasy and nebula awards, among other honors, and several of her books have been new york times and washington post notable books.
On arrival she finds herself in an old mystery that is still claiming lives. She also cocreated anima, a popular dc comics series. In 1975 she moved to washington, dc, to study playwriting at catholic university. The education details are not available at this time. Hands newest novel, generation loss, is a gritty thriller involving a burnt out relic of a photographer from the 1970s punk scene, cass neary, who is given a mercy assignment to interview a reclusive photographer in maine. Generation loss is the loss of quality between subsequent copies or transcodes of data. Feb 15, 2012 available dark is a sequel to hands generation loss which is described on the flap as an underground classic, and i would concur with that, but you could squeak by without reading it first. In generation loss, cass neary, a smalltown girl turned bigcity punk photographer has spent twenty years doing drugs, having sex, and having once been slightly famous. Her most recent novel, generation loss, a literary thriller, took her love of outsider culture and explored the nature of genius through the life of a selfdestructive punkrock photographer.
George pelecanos hand mortal love explores the narrow boundary between artistic genius and madness in this gritty, profoundly unsettling literary thriller. Photographer cass neary, introduced in the underground classic generation loss, finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of crime in scandinavias coldest corners. As this riveting tourdeforce opens, the police already want to talk to cass about a mysterious death she was involved with previously, but before they can bring her in, cass. Elizabeth describes herself as a visionary writer, with a longstanding interest in outsider artists, the subjects of much of my short fiction as well as my most recent novels, the forthcoming psychological thriller generation loss, about an emotionally damaged protopunk photographer, and 2004s mortal love, inspired by the life and work of. Mar 31, 2017 author of generation loss, glimmering, winterlong, 12 monkeys, the frenchman millennium, no 1, best new paranormal romance, waking the moon, general chemistry elizabeth hand open library donate.
The secrets of smalltown life can be more deadly than fist fights and dead junkies. An american writer, she is known for such novels as winterlong 1990, walking the moon 1994, and black light 1999. Inkstained wretch 2007 by elizabeth hand the fantastic spectrum of elizabeth hand 2009 by jason s. After seeing patti smith perform, hand flunked out and became involved in the dc and new york city nascent punk scenes. Like other works by elizabeth hand the historical mortal love about obsession, and the bleak aesthetic of generation loss, in wylding hall there is a dark side to the romantic vision of artistic perfection.
Her novel generation loss received the shirley jackson award. Generation loss by elizabeth hand postmodern mystery. Childhood, fame, rape, and fallout are dispatched in taut sentences that twitch with blood and fear and with some overripe nostalgia for the eras raw decadence. Elizabeth hand is the bestselling author of fourteen genrespanning novels and five collections of short fiction and essays. She won the shirley jackson award for her 2007 novel generation loss. Elizabeth was born in 1950s, in the middle of baby boomers generation. Truly, her career as a writer of the fantastic has a wide spectrum, or, as lucius shepard noted, when you read hands work, you cannot help but to see. Elizabeth hand novelist life, age, zodiac birthday celebs. Born in san diego, she grew up in new yorks hudson valley, the setting for much of her work, before moving to washington d. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Her work has received multiple shirley jackson, world fantasy and nebula awards, among other honors, and several of her books have been. See all books authored by elizabeth hand, including poes children. Katherine dunn although generation loss moves like a thriller, it detonates with greater resound. Hands main character, cass neary, first appeared in the cult hit generation loss, and here she has returned in a.
Elizabeth hand cass neary made her name in the 1970s as a photographer embedded in the burgeoning punk movement in new york city. Generation loss elizabeth hand harvest paperback 300 pages april 2008. Praise for generation loss although generation loss moves like a thriller, it detonates with greater resound. Her iconoclastic series of crime novels which features offbeat photographer cass neary, began with the underground classic generation loss, and that was followed by the brilliant available dark. She has also received the tiptree, nebula twice, and world fantasy four times awards, among others. It almost seems as if author elizabeth hand is not so much penning a novel as sending a series of cries into the night. Most recently, she won the shirley jackson award for generation loss and the world fantasy award in 2008 for illyria. Roxon is all but forgotten now, but in 1969 she wrote the first encyclopedia of rock. Black light, elizabeth hand 1999 tammy april 27, 2016 at 9. A couple of years after seeing patti smith perform, elizabeth hand flunked out of college and became involved in the nascent punk scenes in dc and nyc. She was an australian born critic in new york city, and she was an early adopter of so many bands and musicians, in particular bowie, the velvet underground, iggy pop, and the whole glam scene. She heads to maine to interview a more famous hasbeen photographer, and things go bad. Elizabeth hand is the author of eight science fiction novels, three short story collections, a ya novel, and the genrebending thriller generation loss.
Anything that reduces the quality of the representation when copying, and would cause further reduction in quality on making a copy of the copy, can be considered a form of generation loss. This life, birth to premature burnout, is encapsulated in a handful of pages at the start of elizabeth hands generation loss. She also writes movie and television spinoffs, including star wars tiein novels and novelizations of such films as xfiles. As an adult, she split her time between maine and england. Her pictures of the musicians and the hangerson, the infamous, the damned, and the dead, earned her a brief moment of fame. May 26, 2016 those words are tattooed on cass neary, the antihero of elizabeth hand s crimenovel series that began with generation loss and continued with available dark and the new hard light. Elizabeth hand born march 29, 1957 is an american sciencefiction and fantasy novelist, who wrote books three through six of the young boba fett series maze of deception, hunted, a new threat, and pursuit. Elizabeth hand born march 29, 1957 is an american writer. Her pictures of the musicians and hangers on, the infamous, the damned, and the.
Your description of the story reminds me of eyes wide shut. Elizabeth hand is a member of richest celebrities and novelists. Elizabeth hand is the bestselling author of thirteen multipleawardwinning novels and four collections of short fiction. A photographer whose shots of new yorks punk scene in the seventies earned her fame, cache, and a cultish ki. Hand s newest novel, generation loss, is a gritty thriller involving a burnt out relic of a photographer from the 1970s punk scene, cass neary, who is given a mercy assignment to interview a reclusive photographer in maine. The novel deals with the limits and limitations of art while being both thriller and mystery novel at the same time. Elizabeth hand bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Author of generation loss, glimmering, winterlong, 12 monkeys, the frenchman millennium, no 1, best new paranormal romance, waking the moon, general chemistry elizabeth hand open library donate. In an in the book generation loss by elizabeth hand we enter the life of cass scary neary, a selfdestructive photographer. Available dark is a sequel to hands generation loss which is described on the flap as an underground classic, and i would concur with that, but you could squeak by without reading it first. Generation loss by elizabeth hand overdrive rakuten.