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Futura

Up the Rainbow: The Complete Short Fiction of Susan Casper

Susan Casper (1947-2017) had a comparatively limited, but very intense writing career. She collaborated with some of the biggest names in the field, attempted truly daring and innovative fiction, and then slipped away from writing as quietly as she’d originally started. As Michael Swanwick says in his introduction, the reason she stopped writing is a mystery. There came a point when she simply stopped, apparently satisfied with what she had accomplished. 
This collection of literary gems contains the two dozen stories that comprise Susan Casper’s fiction output, as well as several of her in-depth trip reports. It has been lovingly assembled by her husband, the multi-award winning author and editor Gardner Dozois. 
"Worthy reading for any fan of science fiction or darker fantasy." —Publishers Weekly 
"…the stories deliver a powerful kick; Casper had the ability to bring the stuff of dreams and nightmares vividly into contact with everyday life.… If you’re a lover of short fiction, this is one that belongs on your must-read list.” —Analog 
“Whether she was writing about travel or over-protective mothers, unicorns or Pre-Raphaelite painters, Susan Casper always had something new and fascinating to say.” —Connie Willis 
“A vivid and compelling range of stories! A wonderful collection.” —Nancy Kress 
“Susan Casper’s work is witty, well-observed, with a bite that you can never quite forget.” —Pat Cadigan 
“I have only one problem with Susan Casper’s fiction: there isn’t enough of it. This long-overdue collection, edited by her husband, multiple Hugo Award-winner Gardner Dozois, is an act of love—and love this deep should be shared. If you’ve never read Susan’s work, you’re in for a treat.” —Kristine Kathyrn Rusch 
“With a sly sense of humor and a profound sense of the tragic, Susan Casper crafted stories that show us the wonder and terror of our everyday lives.” —James Patrick Kelly 
“An impressive collection by an even more impressive lady.” —Mike Resnick 
“From the dark and disturbing to the amusing and uplifting, this collection of tales reveals the evocative depths of Susan Casper’s vivid imagination.” —Sheila Williams 
“Beautifully written and beautifully observed.” —Samuel R. Delany 
“Finally, Susan Casper’s powerful, wry, and provocative short fiction is available in one volume: a must-have collection that captures the essence of her brilliant, wild talent.” —Jack Dann 
“Susan’s stories capture you with the first word and hold on with bloody claws until the last.” —Eileen Gunn 
“Up the Rainbow is a very gorgeous single-author collection from the unfortunately late Susan Casper, and the SF field has lost a Talent. Fortunately her husband, Gardner, was able to collect her fiction and nonfiction into this massive and very worthwhile volume, reminding us all that Susan could certainly shine.” —True Review

United States

Fantastic Books

Susan Casper (1947-2017) had a comparatively limited, but very intense writing career. She collaborated with some of the biggest names in the field, attempted truly daring and innovative fiction, and then slipped away from writing as quietly as she’d originally started. As Michael Swanwick says in his introduction, the reason she stopped writing is a mystery. There came a point when she simply stopped, apparently satisfied with what she had accomplished.This collection of literary gems contains the two dozen stories that comprise Susan Casper’s fiction output, as well as several of her in-depth trip reports. It has been lovingly assembled by her husband, the multi-award winning author and editor Gardner Dozois.“Whether she was writing about travel or over-protective mothers, unicorns or Pre-Raphaelite painters, Susan Casper always had something new and fascinating to say.” —Connie Willis“A vivid and compelling range of stories! A wonderful collection.” —Nancy Kress“Susan Casper’s work is witty, well-observed, with a bite that you can never quite forget.” —Pat Cadigan“I have only one problem with Susan Casper’s fiction: there isn’t enough of it. This long-overdue collection, edited by her husband, multiple Hugo Award-winner Gardner Dozois, is an act of love—and love this deep should be shared. If you’ve never read Susan’s work, you’re in for a treat.” —Kristine Kathyrn Rusch“With a sly sense of humor and a profound sense of the tragic, Susan Casper crafted stories that show us the wonder and terror of our everyday lives.” —James Patrick Kelly“An impressive collection by an even more impressive lady.” —Mike Resnick“From the dark and disturbing to the amusing and uplifting, this collection of tales reveals the evocative depths of Susan Casper’s vivid imagination.” —Sheila Williams“Beautifully written and beautifully observed.” —Samuel R. Delany“Finally, Susan Casper’s powerful, wry, and provocative short fiction is available in one volume: a must-have collection that captures the essence of her brilliant, wild talent.” —Jack Dann“Susan’s stories capture you with the first word and hold on with bloody claws until the last.” —Eileen Gunn“Up the Rainbow is a very gorgeous single-author collection from the unfortunately late Susan Casper, and the SF field has lost a Talent. Fortunately her husband, Gardner, was able to collect her fiction and nonfiction into this massive and very worthwhile volume, reminding us all that Susan could certainly shine.” —True Review

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

The Jim Dandy Traveling Amusement Fair is a small carnival on the road. The carnies--a family of oddballs, grifters, students, and a retired grandmother--are making their way in the world, but just barely.Their latest encampment may be haunted... or it may just be dirty local politics. But one thing is certain: the carnival will never be the same.Demonic possession, earthly threats, and a guardian dragon spirit will combine to make The Red Carnival one the locals--and the reader--will never forget. "At times dark and unsettling, Casper's novel holds the same wonderful prose and love of the uncanny as her published short fiction." --Library Journal"Susan let me read parts of The Red Carnival. I remember when she was nearing the end, she said to me, 'At times, I was writing this book so slowly but now, it's like I can't write fast enough.' She wrote this book with the kind of enthusiasm and love that every writer wants to have for their own work. I kept waiting for her to sell it--she never did. I wish she had because it deserved to be read. I'm so glad it's getting an audience now. I wish I could hug Susan and tell her what a great book she wrote and what a fine, gifted, and beautiful writer she is." --Pat Cadigan (Hugo- and World Fantasy Award-winner)"Take it from a guy who wrote a four-book series about a carnival, Susan Casper knew her stuff. The Red Carnival is a remarkable blend of power and sensitivity." --Mike Resnick (Nebula- and 5-time Hugo Award-winner)"The Red Carnival is so intensely atmospheric that you look up from the book expecting to see the bozo, the ten-in-one, the hootchy kootchy tent. Susan Casper's harrowing novel explores the most terrifying of all ideas: that not only can any one of us be tortured by evil, any one of us can become it. Casper understands not only how fragile human beings are, but how strong. And you will never again look at a carnival the same way." --Nancy Kress (6-time Nebula and 2-time Hugo Award winner)"The Red Carnival continues a great American literary tradition, dark fantasy novels about wandering carnivals. Casper's novel belongs on the same shelf as Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and Charles G. Finney's The Circus of Dr. Lao." --Allen M. Steele (3-time Hugo Award winner)"Susan Casper was a damn good short story writer. And lucky for us, in addition to the recent publication of her collected short fiction, we now have The Red Carnival, a previously unpublished dark fantasy novel from her fine creative mind." --Ellen Datlow (Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award honoree; winner of 8 Hugo Awards, 9 World Fantasy Awards, and 4 Bram Stoker Awards)

The Red Carnival

Genre Fiction

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