{"product_id":"9780553384338","title":"Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKlima, John; VanderMeer, Jeff; Hand, Elizabeth; Moorcock, Michael; Williams, Liz\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpectra\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/1\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce,  let alone spell.  We asked twenty-one of today’s 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 \u003ci\u003eLogorrhea\u003c\/i\u003e—a veritable dictionary  of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you  spellbound from the very first page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChiaroscuro:\u003c\/b\u003e “The Chiaroscurist” by Hal Duncan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLyceum:\u003c\/b\u003e “Lyceum” by Liz Williams\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVivisepulture:\u003c\/b\u003e “Vivisepulture” by David Prill\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEczema:\u003c\/b\u003e “Eczema” by Clare Dudman\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSacrilege, Semaphore:\u003c\/b\u003e “Semaphore” by Alex Irvine\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSmaragdine:\u003c\/b\u003e “The Smaragdine Knot” by Marly Youmans\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eInsouciant:\u003c\/b\u003e “A Portrait in Ivory” by Michael Moorcock\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCambist:\u003c\/b\u003e “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLogorrhea:\u003c\/b\u003e “Logorrhea” by Michelle Richmond\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePococurante:\u003c\/b\u003e “Pococurante” by Anna Tambour\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAutochthonous:\u003c\/b\u003e “From Around Here” by Tim Pratt\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVignette:\u003c\/b\u003e “Vignette” by Elizabeth Hand\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSycophant:\u003c\/b\u003e “Plight of the Sycophant” by Alan DeNiro\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eElegiacal:\u003c\/b\u003e “The Last Elegy” by Matthew Cheney\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEudaemonic:\u003c\/b\u003e “Eudaemonic” by Jay Caselberg\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMacerate:\u003c\/b\u003e “Softer” by Paolo Bacigalupi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTransept:\u003c\/b\u003e “Crossing the Seven” by Jay Lake\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePsoriasis:\u003c\/b\u003e “Tsuris” by Leslie What\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEuonym:\u003c\/b\u003e “The Euonymist” by Neil Williamson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDulcimer:\u003c\/b\u003e “Singing of Mount Abora” by Theodora Goss\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppoggiatura:\u003c\/b\u003e “Appoggiatura” by Jeff VanderMeer\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This book is a logophile’s 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 \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Spectra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213757739263,"sku":"9780553384338","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780553384338_s600x595.jpg?v=1775589501","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780553384338","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}