{"product_id":"odd-corners-isbn-9781593760212","title":"Odd Corners","description":"In 1971, when William Hjortsberg first published \u003ci\u003eGray Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, reviewers mentioned Borges. And in 1972 came \u003ci\u003eSymbiography\u003c\/i\u003e, a novella about a man who dreams for a living. He is, in fact, a best–selling dreamer. Before \"Mad Max\" (1979) and \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), back in the days when reality was either \"real\" or chemical, Hjortsberg sat about to create a post–holocaust fiction, (mis–termed, we think, \"science\" fiction), that anticipates the Virtual, the Punk, and the Meta. In \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, John Leonard called him \"a satanic S.J. Perelman . . . by way of Disney and de Sade,\" and Harry Crews, also in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, continued, \"He writes fiction the way Leroy Jordan plays football—with controlled abandon—which is to say, with the abandon that only the greatest discipline can release.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs readers it is thrilling to realize how perfectly timed this work is for our day, fresher even, somehow, than it was thirty years ago. \u003ci\u003eOdd Corners\u003c\/i\u003e collects \u003ci\u003eGray Matters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSymbiography\u003c\/i\u003e together with two stories never before in book form, a complete cyberworld, courtesy of William Hjorstberg.\u003cb\u003eWilliam Hjortsberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eAlp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGray Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFalling Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the screenplays \"Legend\" and \"Thunder \u0026amp; Lightning.\" He lives in Montana with his wife, painter  Janie Camp.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301145071845,"sku":"NP9781593760212","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781593760212.jpg?v=1767734002","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/odd-corners-isbn-9781593760212","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}