Böcker av Gillian Rhodes

An AI calls for help...A cleaner gets caught in a time-traveling romance...A Princess struggles against Fairytale expectations...In this eclectic bunch of stories, a variety of colorful characters struggle to find their way in their surroundings, set in backgrounds of fairytales, science fiction, and more. From twisted fairytales to parallel realities where deities live alongside humans, the seven stories that make up Crooked Paths to Home are a celebration of the winding, wild paths that still, somehow, bring us to the place we need to be.

Despite their exaggerated features, caricatures can remain instantly recognizable. The author assembles clues from a variety of sources to discover why, concluding that caricatures are effective for humans, animals and computer recognition systems.