COMPLETE RYNOSSEROS VOL 3

Every Great Adventure Begins Somewhere

In this special companion volume to The Complete Rynosseros, author Terry Dowling discusses the origins and development of every story in the classic saga of the Blue Captain.

There are fascinating insights into the parts played by boyhood movies, picture books, comics and SF magazines, by the work of the Surrealists and Scheherazade’s tales from the Thousand and One Nights, everything from Jacobean song lyrics, modern-day movie soundtracks and a child’s drawing of a robot to the fiction of Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as that of his long-time writer friends Jack Vance and Harlan Ellison.
Whether through the support and wise counsel of editors like Peter McNamara and Philip Gore, the artwork and design input of friend and colleague Nick Stathopoulos, or the titles, questions and suggestions offered by many interested companions along the way, Songs from the Inland Sea focuses, too, on learning the craft. It highlights the role of hard work, improvisation and—in true Surrealist fashion— serendipity, the part played by chance so prized by Max Ernst and other luminaries in the movement.

For the completist, the die-hard fan or curious newcomer, Songs from the Inland Sea provides an intriguing, heartfelt look at how one writer went about pursuing the dream, and not only added a truly unforgettable character to the canon of modern fantastic literature, but, as often happens in any creative life, came to discover himself in the process.

Songs from the Inland Sea — Writing the Tom Rynosseros Stories
Rynoserros
Blue Tyson
Twilight Beach
Rynemonn
The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros — In Writing order
The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros — In Publication Order
Appendix A
Dancing with Scheherazade
Some Reflections in the Djinni’s Glass
Appendix B
The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros
One Reader’s View by Richard Scott
Author’s Note

Fiecare mare aventura incepe undeva. In acest volum special insotitor de The Complete Rynosseros, autorul Terry Dowling discuta despre originile si dezvoltarea fiecarei povesti din saga clasica a Capitanului Albastru. Exista perspective fascinante asupra rolurilor jucate de filmele din copilarie, cartile ilustrate, benzile desenate. si reviste SF, de lucrarile suprarealistilor si povestile lui Seherazade din Cele O mie si una de nopti, totul, de la versuri ale cantecelor iacobe, coloane sonore ale filmelor moderne si desenul unui robot al unui copil pana la fictiunea lui Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury si JG.