A Special Day

Amazon, 2006, Digital

Product Description

A certain NY magazine asked me to write a story for their 9/11 Fifth Anniversary issue. The assignment was: imagine that 9/11/2001 never happened. They rejected my story as “sentimental.” I plead guilty. The action here is on 9/11/2006. A perfectly ordinary day, but special to some….

Product Details

Title: A Special Day
Sales Rank: 1247105 in Books
Author: Terry Bisson
Publisher: Amazon, 2006-08-16, Digital

Customer Reviews

My Problems With this Story: I didn't really like this. It's very sappy, a too bright look at a world that will never be. People simply don't talk like this, don't often seek community like this. It tries too hard for Norman Rockwell, and I don't think Mr. Bisson is effective in his writing of dialouge especially that of a five year old. I don't want to say… More reviews

And you thought ascending an elevator was a pointless activity, hm?: Well, you'd be wrong with that broad assessment, bucko. It sure as you-know-what isn't!
Author Terry Bisson does a smooth and handy job of painting a clearer picture (if somewhat halcyon-ed, but he gets A-for-effort and ten-plus points for trying) of the way the world should really function between people in this sweet little number of his entitled, A SPECIAL… More reviews