"Paradise Tales includes one of the most powerful stories I've read in the last 10 years."
--"New York Times"
"In the best of Ryman's fiction, the world unfolds in ways that are at once astonishing and thoroughly thought out, both radically disorienting and emotionally powerful."
--Gary K. Wolfe, "Locus"
"Often contemplative and subtly ironic, the 16 stories in this outstanding collection work imaginative riffs on a variety of fantasy and SF themes.... Readers of all stripes will appreciate these thoughtful tales."
--"Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)
