TERRY BISSON is an award-winning writer. He is the author of seven novels, and his short fiction has appeared in Playboy and Harper's, among other magazines. He previously worked as an auto mechanic and as a magazine and book editor. Bisson lives in Oakland, California.
"An unsettling, funny, freaky reimagining of America, impeccably
written, by one of our most consistently interesting transgressors
of literary boundaries." Michael Chabon
"He writes like a man who invented language . . . Treat yourself to
this book." Peter Coyote, author of "Sleeping Where I Fall "
"Someone once said everybody has a book inside them, but it takes a
writer to get it out. The truth is, not many writers ever even
manage it like this. Bisson just wrote his personal masterpiece, a
book which will drop you through the floor of your assumptions
about coming of age inside the politics and counterculture of the
Vietnam era and into a fresh new-old world, in which you'll live,
for the duration of this book, as your own." Jonathan Lethem
"The author, a writer of (probably under-appreciated) sf and
fantasy novels, here deftly resurrects Sixties America. As history
is gradually subverted and chronology reshuffled, the reader is
slightly jarred and then fascinated by the dramatic world
presented. Highly recommended for its literary quality and
creativity of vision." "Library Journal"
"In this unsettling but always interesting alternate-history novel,
which offers much subversive commentary on contemporary society,
Bisson's jazz-like prose summons a utopia whose adherents seek
personal freedom only to find that their basic civil liberties can
vanish in an instant." "Booklist"
"Bisson plays off the shared imagery of the bohemian underground,
and the story has a thrumming momentum, a sense of slangy sass and
jive, light-hearted yet soulful." "Washington Post"
"Bisson's novel is less an alternate history than a kind of shadow
history, explored in a way that only SF can explore it. On his
website, Bisson modestly says the novel is 'not exactly science
fiction; and not exactly not.' In fact, it's both and neither
aspect would be nearly as compelling without the other. What it is,
I think it's fair to say, is the major work of one of our most
talented and under-appreciated writers, in or out of the SF fold."
"Locus Magazine"
"Terry Bisson's new novel, "Any Day Now," a blend of coming-of-age
tropes and alternate history, sweeps us through the turbulent '60s
and imagines a 1968 that both RFK and MLK survived. Bisson uses
short scenes with minimal exposition and snappy dialogue. This
leads to some crystallizing moments . . . It also lets Bisson
capture the spirit of the times in single strokes." The Rumpus
""Any Day Now" is a fascinating examination of the struggle for
self-definition and idealism against both the machinations of
authority and the whimsical and cruel vagaries of fate. Clay's
journey introduces him to plenty of iconic figures of the time, and
even as Bisson deftly shifts history, these now-mythical figures
cast as long a shadow as ever. That marvelous juxtaposition of how
brutal the quest for peace can be is thoroughly enthralling,
creating a truly unique reading experience." "Sacramento/San
Francisco Book Review""
"The author, a writer of (probably under-appreciated) sf and
fantasy novels, here deftly resurrects Sixties America. As history
is gradually subverted and chronology reshuffled, the reader is
slightly jarred and then fascinated by the dramatic world
presented. Highly recommended for its literary quality and
creativity of vision."---"Library Journal"
Praise for the Any Day Now:
"An unsettling, funny, freaky reimagining of America, impeccably
written, by one of our most consistently interesting transgressors
of literary boundaries." --Michael Chabon
"He writes like a man who invented language . . . Treat yourself to
this book." --Peter Coyote, author of "Sleeping Where I Fall "
"Someone once said everybody has a book inside them, but it takes a
writer to get it out. The truth is, not many writers ever even
manage it like this. Bisson just wrote his personal masterpiece, a
book which will drop you through the floor of your assumptions
about coming of age inside the politics and counterculture of the
Vietnam era and into a fresh new-old world, in which you'll live,
for the duration of this book, as your own."--Jonathan Lethem
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