# Beast of the Heartland

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/peru/beast-of-the-heartland

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- Authors: [Peru](https://www.bookquiver.com/peru)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1999-03-31

## Description

The fiction of Lucius Shepard has more to do with Joseph Conrad than Isaac Asimov. Fascinated by deception and decay, and generally labeled a cyberpunk writer, his work transcends the limits of genre fiction. Beast of the Heartland contains seven tales that explore the darkside where science fiction meets horror. Headed by the award-winning " Barnacle Bill the Spacer," a story of high-space mutiny, the book includes " A Little Night Music," a gothic tale of insanity " All the Perfumes of Araby," where an adventurer in the Middle East links up with an ancient entity " Human History," a postapocalyptic chiller " Sports in America," a noir tale in the Chandler tradition " The Sun Spider," a mini space opera and the title story - an ingenious picture of a battered boxer on the decline.

## Editions

### Beast of the Heartland

- Publisher: carroll_graf
- ISBN: 978-15-6858-126-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1999-03-31
- Language: en_GB