Someone Like You is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1953 by Alfred Knopf.
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery, horror, science fiction |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 359 pp |
Contents edit
It contains eighteen short stories. The final four are grouped under a collective title.[1]
- "Taste"
- "Lamb to the Slaughter"
- "Man from the South"
- "The Soldier"
- "My Lady Love, My Dove"
- "Dip in the Pool"
- "Galloping Foxley"
- "Skin"
- "Poison"
- "The Wish"
- "Neck"
- "The Sound Machine"
- "Nunc Dimittis"
- "The Great Automatic Grammatizator" (republished as The Great Automatic Grammatizator anthology)
- "Claude's Dog"
- "The Ratcatcher"
- "Rummins"
- "Mr. Feasey"
- "Mr. Hoddy"
Reception & Legacy edit
Groff Conklin called Someone Like You "certainly the most distinguished book of short stories of 1953 ... all superb".[2] Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas praised the collection's "subtly devastating murder stories [as well as] two biting science-fantasties, plus a few unclassifiable gems" and concluded the volume "belong[ed] on your shelves somewhere in the Beerbohm/Collier/Saki section".[3]
Van Morrison's song Someone Like You is named after this collection.[4]
Two of the stories in this collection were adapted by Wes Anderson as short films for Netflix.
Awards edit
- Edgar Award, 1954[3]
References edit
- ^ "Someone Like You". www.roalddahl.com.
- ^ Conklin, Groff (May 1954). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 129–133.
- ^ a b "Recommended Reading," F&SF, August 1954, p.79.
- ^ Van Morrison interview with Marty Whelan 4th Nov 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbNsPbqbKU
Further reading edit
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 125. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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