Two Trains Running
by Lucius Shepard
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Author: Lucius ShepardEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-01
ISBN: 1930846231
Number of pages: 125
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
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Summary: 2 Stars
Here's a suggestion: Consider reading the two fiction selections in this book first, then read the essay on the Freight Train Riders of America(FTRA). I read the book cover to cover and I think Lucius Shepard scoops himself by detailing too much in the essay. As a result the fiction stories had less impact. The essay is a fascinating account of his time riding freight trains across America while researching the FTRA, which is rumored to be a highly organized crime ring consisting of hobos operating out of train switch yards across the country. Shepard found little of this organization and many more lost and broken souls. He used this research to craft two stories; Jailbait and Over Yonder. Both are good reads and reminiscent of an inward turning Theodore Sturgeon story. However neither one lived up to my expectations as I had enjoyed other Lucius Shepard stories in the past. Again I think much of the characterization was blunted by the superb descriptions of real people that are found in the earlier essay.
Over Yonder is about Billy Long Gone. A loner that hops a phantom train to a land of hobo limbo where everyone is cured of their physical addictions. He soon realizes that he not much better off than before and in the end he opts for a dangerous ride into the ghoulish unknown. This story has a fantasy element so the entire collection is categorized as science fiction and Fantasy, where Mr. Shepard has produced many works, but it could easily be considered general fiction. Jailbait is about another loner, Madcat, that is on the run from the law. He hooks up with an under aged girl, and first time train rider, who has just seen murder. I liked the way the young girl is portrayed, we don't quite know her motives and Shepard weaves some elements of the divine into her scenes so that the reader is not sure if she is savior or devil. All together good but I expected more.
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