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    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva
    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva
    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva
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    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva

    By James Morrow

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    After thirty years of eating the brains of arrogant mountaineers, a James Bond-loving yeti decides that his life needs a touch more spirituality. But can an abominable monster truly change?

    Thus begins an improbable journey overseen by the true Dalai Lama himself, an adventure of attempted enlightenment, dietary restriction, unlikely friendship, and political intrigue.

    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva is award-winning author James Morrow (Towing Jehovah, Shambling Towards Hiroshima) at his best: witty, incisive, and nonpareil.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTachyon Publications
    Release dateMar 27, 2018
    ISBN9781616962937
    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva
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    James Morrow

    James Morrow received his PhD from Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He lives and works in Kingston, Jamaica. His research interests include environment, cultural studies, and social history.

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      Delightfully strange and occasionally gruesome, with witty wordplay and an unexpectedly tender heart.

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    Praise for James Morrow

    Morrow is the only author who comes close to Vonnegut’s caliber.

    —The Stranger

    The most provocative satiric voice in science fiction.

    —Washington Post

    I am so besotted with James Morrow’s talent that I cannot find a word big enough to deify it. 

    —Harlan Ellison, author of Shatterday

    Christianity’s Salman Rushdie, only funnier and more sacrilegious.

    —Denver Post

    Widely regarded as the foremost satirist associated with the SF and Fantasy field.

    —SF Site

    Praise for The Asylum of Dr. Caligari

    "No one does history-meets-the-fantastic like Morrow. The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a great example—Impressionism versus expressionism, psychology in the asylum of ‘dreams,’ the weaponization of art, big laughs and big ideas, a wild imagination, and smooth, subtle writing."

    —Jeffrey Ford, author of A Natural History of Hell

    Entrancing prose enhances the unusual plot of Morrow’s successful melding of history and fantasy.

    —Publishers Weekly

    It’s a rich and wonderful mash-up of political satire, psychological fairytale and German Expressionist horror story . . . There’s a gorgeous edge to Morrow’s writing, a sense of fun and irreverence that never detracts from the dark jeopardy at the heart of the story. 10/10 stars.

    —Starburst

    [Morrow] is a crafty wordsmith who likes to hone in on poseurs and pretensions . . . Readers who are fond of wry esoteric musings will not be disappointed.

    —Diabolique

    Painfully funny.

    —Locus

    "I was reminded time and again of some horror greats, including Dracula and Frankenstein."

    —The Booklover’s Boudoir

    Praise for The Madonna and the Starship

    [STARRED REVIEW] Jonathan Swift meets Buck Rogers in this hilarious send-up of the golden ages of television and pulp sci-fi.

    —Publishers Weekly, starred review

    "Galaxy Quest , eat your heart out." 

    —Bookish

    A work of wit and substance.

    —New York Review of Science Fiction

    Praise for Shambling Towards Hiroshima

    Sharp-edged, delightfully batty . . . skillfully mingling real and imaginary characters with genuinely hilarious moments.

    —Kirkus

    "Witty, playful . . . reminiscent of Watchmen." 

    —Strange Horizons

    "James Morrow’s bizarrely funny new book Shambling Towards Hiroshima turns the usual Godzilla paradigm on its head."

    —io9

    Selected titles by James Morrow

    Novels

    The Wine of Violence (1981)

    The Continent of Lies (1984)

    This Is the Way the World Ends (1985)

    Only Begotten Daughter (1990)

    The Last Witchfinder (2006)

    The Philosopher’s Apprentice (2008)

    Galápagos Regained (2014)

    The Godhead Trilogy

    Towing Jehovah (1994)

    Blameless in Abaddon (1996)

    The Eternal Footman (1999)

    Novellas

    City of Truth (1990)

    Shambling Towards Hiroshima (2009)

    The Madonna and the Starship (2015)

    The Asylum of Dr. Caligari (2017)

    Short Story Collections

    Bible Stories for Adults (1996)

    The Cat’s Pajamas (2004)

    Reality by Other Means (2015)

    As Editor

    Nebula Awards 26, 27, and 28 (1992, 1993, 1994)

    The SFWA European Hall of Fame

    (2008, with Kathryn Morrow)

    Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva

    Copyright © 2009 by James Morrow

    This is a work of fiction. All events portrayed in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form without the express permission of the author and the publisher.

    Cover illustration by Richard Braithwaite

    Cover and interior design by Elizabeth Story

    First appeared in Conjunctions: 52, Spring 2009.

    Tachyon Publications LLC

    1459 18th Street #139

    San Francisco, CA 94107

    www.tachyonpublications.com

    [email protected]

    Series Editor: Jacob Weisman

    Project Editor: Jill Roberts

    ISBN 13: 978-1-61696-293-7

    First Digital Edition: 2018

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