{"product_id":"logorrhea-good-words-make-good-stories-0553384333","title":"Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0553384333\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e VanderMeer, Jeff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.-BooklistFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of todays most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea-a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them:Chiaroscuro: The Chiaroscurist by Hal DuncanLyceum: Lyceum by Liz WilliamsVivisepulture: Vivisepulture by David PrillEczema: Eczema by Clare DudmanSacrilege, Semaphore: Semaphore by Alex IrvineSmaragdine: The Smaragdine Knot by Marly YoumansInsouciant: A Portrait in Ivory by Michael MoorcockCambist: The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics by Daniel AbrahamLogorrhea: Logorrhea by Michelle RichmondPococurante: Pococurante by Anna TambourAutochthonous: From Around Here by Tim PrattVignette: Vignette by Elizabeth HandSycophant: Plight of the Sycophant by Alan DeNiroElegiacal: The Last Elegy by Matthew CheneyEudaemonic: Eudaemonic by Jay CaselbergMacerate: Softer by Paolo BacigalupiTransept: Crossing the Seven by Jay LakePsoriasis: Tsuris by Leslie WhatEuonym: The Euonymist by Neil WilliamsonDulcimer: Singing of Mount Abora by Theodora GossAppoggiatura: Appoggiatura by Jeff VanderMeerThis book is a logophiles dream-a left-field collection of stories inspired by winning words from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who has ever spent an hour or two happily browsing the pages of a dictionary will find something to love here.-Kevin Brockmeier, author of A Brief History of the Dead\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944524808480,"sku":"NEW0553384333","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/logorrhea-good-words-make-good-stories-0553384333","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}