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2025 Wonderland Award Best Novel Winner
Weird fiction icon and award-winning author Michael Cisco's Black Brane, begins with the physical pain of a bad foot and later voyages into absurdity, mad science, occultism, and existential dread.
A man lying in a bed of pain flees from physical torment into…
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1 author picked Black Brane as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the Temporary Institute for the Study of Holes and the crazy, remarkable people who work there. There was a good deal of whimsical humor and the logic, or perhaps I should say the illogic of their pursuits. which is drawn out to very effective length. Cisco always chooses his words well and is skilled at giving his readers the little frisson of fear and uncertainty so typical of his works.
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