An Artist of the Floating World in the Bookshop

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

""Write about what you know' is the most stupid thing I've heard. It encourages people to write a dull autobiography. It's the reverse of firing the imagination and potential of writers." - Kazuo Ishiguro

 

Aliens Disrupt Shuttle Mission in the Bookshop

Amazing Stories from 1987

"They are in the night. In the dark places of the soul where terror lingers like scraps of flesh or fog…

They are in the light. In the soft glow of candlelight through the eye-sockets of a skull…

They are in this book. Locked up like leathery bats in a box. To take home. To release in your mind…"

 - Charles L. Grant