The Tery: The Definitive Edition
by F. Paul Wilson
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Author: F. Paul WilsonIllustrator: Stephen Fabian
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-30
ISBN: 1892950324
Number of pages: 180
Publisher: Overlook Connection Press
Book Reviews of The Tery: The Definitive Edition
Book Review: Doesn't play to Wilson's strengths.
Summary: 2 Stars
In which the estimable Dr. Wilson takes on fantasy with less than stellar results. I like Wilson a lot, but while he can create some great plots and interesting characters, he tends to work best in slightly more grounded worlds. It's clear from work like Sims that Wilson likes his fantasy/sci-fi driven by moral quandaries more than imaginative worlds. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that, but it definitely keeps The Tery from succeeding, as Wilson creates a world that doesn't feel natural so much as constructed for plot's sake. The politics and power dynamics of the world feel forced into making the point, and the species - particularly the titular Teries - feel like plot contrivances. The plot is missing Wilson's usual tightness, bouncing everywhere randomly until coming to a ridiculously forced climax. And none of this mentions the cringe-inducing romantic tension between a woman and her "pet," culminating in a scene where the pet mutant bear masturbates happily over its owner. Look, I like Wilson a lot, and I even like the ideas he's attempting to play with here, even if he's done them better elsewhere (Sims). And, sure, there is a really neat twist about 3/4 of the way through the book; even though it's doesn't really change things, it's a great reveal. It's just that Wilson works better grounded in something closer to reality; his characters and situations deserve better than his ability (or lack thereof) to construct a plausible and believable fantasy world.
Summary of The Tery: The Definitive Edition
Heroes don't always look the part.He was a tery, a lean, bearish creature with no name. The human soldiers left dead. Just another dumb animal on their extermination list.
But he didn't die.
Animals weren't the only beings on the list. Certain humans were marked for extinction as well. A fugitive band found him and brought him back from the brink. He became their pet, their mascot.
And still he had no name. He was simply "the tery."
He soon learned that these were no ordinary humans, and learned too that he was no ordinary tery. The humans had no idea that the creature they fed table scraps and patted on the head would soon turn their world upside down and change it forever.
By then he had a name.
THE TERY - A beauty-and-the-beast fable that only F. Paul Wilson could tell, full of wonder and horror, brimming with strange landscapes and hideous mutations from science run amok. An unforgettable tale of the extremes of the human spirit--of bravery and depravity, of innocence and evil.
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