Michael Coorlim
Autor/a de And They Called Her Spider
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Obres de Michael Coorlim
Last Words 2 exemplars
Sell Yourself, Not Your Books: A Guide for Self-Published Authors Who Hate Marketing (2014) 2 exemplars
Infernal Revelation episode 1 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1978-02-03
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Fullerton, California, USA
Seminole, Florida, USA
Eugene, Oregon, USA - Professions
- writer
screenwriter - Biografia breu
- Even before he could write Michael Coorlim was filling up spiral notebooks with stories, picture books presented to his grandparents as gifts, and performing small plays with his younger cousins for relatives during holiday gatherings. This love of storytelling stayed with him as he grew older, slumbering like an unawakened beast, sending him strange and terrifying dreams during his adolescence.
Even when not writing he feasted on the words of authors like Kurt Vonnegut, Terry Pratchet, Douglas Adams, and Ray Bradbury, spending so much time reading from hidden books in the middle of his middle school classes that his grades began to suffer. He'd sneak home with books that his teachers never assigned, and gorge on their contents overnight, and return them stealthily the next day only to take another.
Though a prolific writer he found the prospect and process of traditional publication daunting, often preparing query letters and researching markets only to never get around to submitting any of his work. It wasn't until he reached his thirties that he took the steps to write professionally, and by then the self-publishing revolution had already begun.
Michael currently lives in the city of Chicago with his girlfriend and their cat, living his childhood dream of supporting himself as an author of fast-paced character-driving fiction about authentic people in fascinating situations.
Tales of a Galvanic Age
The Bartleby and James Adventures- And They Called Her Spider (December 2011)
- Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande (January 2012)
- On the Trail of the Scissorman (February 2012)
- A Matter of Spirit (April 2012)
- The Collected Bartleby and James Adventures (April 2012)
Chronicles of a Gentlewoman- Sky Pirates Over London (August 2012)
- The Tower of Babbage (October 2012)
- Fine Young Turks (October 2012)
- A Gentlewoman's Chronicles (November 2012)
Contact
Michael's Website: http://www.mcoorlim.com
Michael's Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mcoorlim
Michael's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mcoorlim - And They Called Her Spider (December 2011)
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And They Called Her Spider (Bartleby and James… de Michael Coorlim
Definitely enjoyed. It was very short, but to the point. Characterization was king.
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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"Good news, James," he said. "We are to be detectives."
I looked up from my workstation, the jeweller's loupe in my eye distorting his otherwise handsome face. "I've no desire to be a detective."
"That's unfortunate," Bartleby said. "For it's what we're to be."
WHAT'S BARTLEBY AND JAMES: EDWARDIAN STEAMPUNK CHRONICLE ABOUT?
Alton Bartleby is something of an intellectual dilettante—he has some degree of brilliance and uses it to flit around from idea to idea, interest to interest, and so on. He gets very invested in some sort of project or occupation for a little while, and then plunges wholeheartedly into something else. Thankfully (for him) he has the wealth to indulge his flitting attention span.
James Wainwright is his friend—Wainwright's a brilliant engineer, who is far more interested in whatever device he's fiddling with than interacting with anyone. He seems to go along with Bartleby helping him out with whatever flight of fancy he's on. But he's not so sure about his latest idea—after meeting a certain retired Consulting Detective who now keeps bees, Bartleby wants to be a detective.
He sticks with it for longer than Wainwright or his fiancé expects—this book collects four short stories recounting some of their earliest cases. The Duo tangles with an automaton assassin, an out-of-control airship, a rogue spiritualist, and more.
THE TONE
"I may be able calibrate my Forensic Viewers and attune them to his particular N- Ray signature."
"I don't know what that means."
"My science goggles can track him."
"Brilliant!"
These stories are told with a very light touch—they're not comedic, but they have their moments, but they're definitely not stories that take themselves too seriously.
That doesn't stop them from brushing up against serious thoughts or emotions—and there is a little bit of character growth (and the "little bit" is solely a function of the brevity of the collection based on what I've read). Bartleby is largely the same man we meet in the beginning, except that he doesn't seem to be tiring of being a detective. James, on the other hand, is definitely not someone he'd recognize from his pre-detective days.
SO, WHAT DID I THINK ABOUT BARTLEBY AND JAMES: EDWARDIAN STEAMPUNK CHRONICLE?
Bartleby shook his head. "Look, can you invent... detective things?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"I don't know. You're the engineer."
This was a fun, quick read—a nice little dose of Steampunk with a thin coating of Victorian P.I.
The stories were all a little too brief for me, I could barely get my teeth sunk into them—I'd prefer one story told over 120 pages rather than four.
But these were fun enough that I can see myself going on with the books. And think just about anyone would, too.… (més)
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"Good news, James," he said. "We are to be detectives."
I looked up from my workstation, the jeweller's loupe in my eye distorting his otherwise handsome face. "I've no desire to be a detective."
"That's unfortunate," Bartleby said. "For it's what we're to be."
WHAT'S BARTLEBY AND JAMES: EDWARDIAN STEAMPUNK CHRONICLE ABOUT?
Alton Bartleby is something of an intellectual dilettante—he has some degree of brilliance and uses it to flit around from idea to idea, interest to interest, and so on. He gets very invested in some sort of project or occupation for a little while, and then plunges wholeheartedly into something else. Thankfully (for him) he has the wealth to indulge his flitting attention span.
James Wainwright is his friend—Wainwright's a brilliant engineer, who is far more interested in whatever device he's fiddling with than interacting with anyone. He seems to go along with Bartleby helping him out with whatever flight of fancy he's on. But he's not so sure about his latest idea—after meeting a certain retired Consulting Detective who now keeps bees, Bartleby wants to be a detective.
He sticks with it for longer than Wainwright or his fiancé expects—this book collects four short stories recounting some of their earliest cases. The Duo tangles with an automaton assassin, an out-of-control airship, a rogue spiritualist, and more.
THE TONE
"I may be able calibrate my Forensic Viewers and attune them to his particular N- Ray signature."
"I don't know what that means."
"My science goggles can track him."
"Brilliant!"
These stories are told with a very light touch—they're not comedic, but they have their moments, but they're definitely not stories that take themselves too seriously.
That doesn't stop them from brushing up against serious thoughts or emotions—and there is a little bit of character growth (and the "little bit" is solely a function of the brevity of the collection based on what I've read). Bartleby is largely the same man we meet in the beginning, except that he doesn't seem to be tiring of being a detective. James, on the other hand, is definitely not someone he'd recognize from his pre-detective days.
SO, WHAT DID I THINK ABOUT BARTLEBY AND JAMES: EDWARDIAN STEAMPUNK CHRONICLE?
Bartleby shook his head. "Look, can you invent... detective things?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"I don't know. You're the engineer."
This was a fun, quick read—a nice little dose of Steampunk with a thin coating of Victorian P.I.
The stories were all a little too brief for me, I could barely get my teeth sunk into them—I'd prefer one story told over 120 pages rather than four.
But these were fun enough that I can see myself going on with the books. And think just about anyone would, too.… (més)
Aquesta ressenya s'ha escrit per al programa Donatius de membres de LibraryThing.
Dang. This short story was my introduction to Coorlim's world of Sherlock-and-Watson characters in a steampunk setting, and it was awesome. Brisk, focused writing filled with quirky characters in a fascinatingly re-imagined world -- I want more. (James is my favorite. More James, please.)
A finished copy of this book was provided to me by the author through the Librarything Member Giveaway Program.
A finished copy of this book was provided to me by the author through the Librarything Member Giveaway Program.
Aquesta ressenya s'ha escrit per al programa Donatius de membres de LibraryThing.
I'm not sure why, since I was really excited about this one, but it took me a while to get into it. It read like I was starting in the middle of the book. But I stayed with it and it was worth it. Fun steampunk escape. This has 3 stories in it; I liked the last 2 best.
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