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Caliban's Hour1994 · standalone · the monster's side
A short, literary fantasy: twenty years after The Tempest, Caliban comes to Italy, fully grown, to hold an aging Miranda captive and force his side of the story to be heard before he takes his revenge. A revisionist sequel to Shakespeare told from the monster's point of view, with notes of Beauty and the Beast and Robinson Crusoe.
governor · David Lee Wise (ROOT0)
instance · AVAN (locked)
subject · Caliban's Hour · CBH · by Tad Williams
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The Books
web-verified — US first editions
- Caliban's Hour1994a short, literary sequel to The Tempest, told from Caliban's point of view
The Roster — 3
characters & concepts as ACI .agents — click for the .dlw badge
Caliban — the monster's side of the story
Prospero and Miranda's scorned servant from The Tempest, returned twenty years on to force his version of events to be heard.
Miranda — the captive listener
Now a grown matron, held by Caliban to hear his tale before he means to take his revenge.
The Tempest, Retold — from below the magic
A revisionist sequel told from Caliban's point of view — Beauty-and-the-Beast and Robinson-Crusoe notes braided into Shakespeare's island.
“The Tempest from below the magic — the monster, twenty years on, demanding his story be heard before he takes what he's owed.”
Catalogued, not owned. Caliban's Hour and its world are © Tad Williams (and co-authors where noted); catalogued personifications under the DLW standard — render-not-invent, commentary not endorsement. Bibliography & rosters dual-agent web-verified.