On the Head of a Pin
A Novel from Crosstown to Oblivion
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
In Walter Mosley's On the Head of a Pin, Joshua Winterland and Ana Fried are working at Jennings-Tremont Enterprises when they make the most important discovery in the history of this world—or possibly the next. JTE is developing advanced animatronics editing techniques to create high-end movies indistinguishable from live-action. Long dead stars can now share the screen with today's A-list. But one night Joshua and Ana discover something lingering in the rendered footage…an entity that will lead them into a new age beyond the reality they have come to know.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
While Mosley is best known for his Easy Rawlins mystery series, this "double" of two short novels demonstrates his proficiency with high-quality speculative fiction and are equally accessible to mystery and fantasy readers. In "The Gift of Fire," the Titan Prometheus, tortured by an eagle sent by Zeus as punishment for sharing divine knowledge with mankind, manages to escape to present-day Los Angeles, where he adopts human guise. The reality-bending "On the Head of a Pin," focused on a technological breakthrough that accidentally led to "the most important discovery in the history of this world, or the next," is even stronger. Both are distinguished by Mosley's often biting descriptions of humanity's humble place in the universe. Fans of thoughtful, subtly eerie present-day fantasy will eagerly await future Crosstown to Oblivion novellas.
Customer Reviews
Misleading marketing
I love Molsley's work and these are no exception. However, the marketing of these two novellas appears to indicate that a single purchase buys both works when in fact I had to purchase them separately. Frankly, the combined price is not justified for two very short works and the marketing is designed to mislead purchasers.
Shame on you.