A people's future of the United States : speculative fiction from 25 extraordinary writers

Book 2019

"For many Americans, imagining a bright future has always been an act of resistance. A People's Future of the United States presents twenty never-before-published stories by a diverse group of writers, featuring voices both new and well-established. These stories imagine their characters fighting everything from government surveillance, to corporate cities, to climate change disasters, to nuclear wars. But fear not: A People's Future also invites...

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ISBN:

9780525508809
0525508805

Edition:

First edition

Description:

410 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Speculative fiction from twenty-five extraordinary writers

Notes:

"Speculative fiction from 25 extraordinary writers"--Cover

Contents:

Introduction / by Victor LaValle
The Bookstore at the End of America / by Charlie Jane Anders
Our Aim is Not to Die / by A. Merc Rustad --The Wall / by Lizz Huerta
Read After Burning / by Maria Dahvana Headley
Chapter 5: Disruption and Continuity [excerpted] / by Malka Older
It Was Saturday Night, I Guess That Makes Itt Alright / by Sam J. Miller
Attachment Disorder / by Tananarive Due
By His Bootstraps / by Ashok K. Banker
Riverbed / by Omar El Akkad
What Maya Found There / by Daniel Jose Older
The Referendum / by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Calendar Girls / by Justina Ireland
The Synapse Will Free Us From Ourselves
0.1 / by gabby rivera
The Blindfold / by Tobias S. Buckell
No Algorithms in the World / by Hugh Howey
Esperanto / by Jamie Ford
ROME / by G. Willow Wilson
Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death / by N. K. Jemisin
Good News Bad News / by Charles Yu
What You Sow / by Kai Cheng Thom
A History of Barbed Wire / by Daniel H. Wilson
The Sun in Exile / by Catherynne M. Valente --Harmony / by Seanan McGuire
Now Wait for This Week / by Alice Sola Kim

LCCN:

2018033672

Control Number:

2645655

Other Authors:

Adams, John Joseph, 1976- editor
LaValle, Victor, 1972- editor

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