Publisher: Night Shade Books Format: Trade Paperback Length: 256 pages Publisher Description: Gore Vidal meets Philip K. Dick, in this collection of "lit-fabulist" stories. Douglas Lain's work has been attracting high profile attention throughout the genre, and this collection features some of his finest and most controversial fiction. Contents:
“Doug has a great brain. I am hugely impressed with his prospects to be a completely uncommercial genius. God help him.” — Jonathan Lethem Straight out of the Pamela Zoline era of New Wave fiction, with a strong dose of nuclear paranoia and Reagan-era ‘kill a Commie for mommy’ reverse-nostalgia, Lain writes from the conscience.” — Jay Lake “It's legitimate SF, and it's "mainstream," and it's metafiction: I don't know anyone else doing quite what Lain is doing; fascinating work, moving, strikingly honest, powerful.” — Rich Horton, Locus Magazine “Lain is a master at imbedding information for the reader to discover on subsequent readings.” — Therese Pieczynski, Tangent Online “Philip K. Dick would have admired Douglas Lain's 'The Sea Monkey Conspiracy,' and would have been unsettled by it, for the same reason—he would have seen himself in the alienated young narrator/protagonist. He might have argued that it's a sequel to—and perhaps better than—his 1979 story ‘The Exit Door Leads in.’” — Paul Williams, author of Only Apparently Real, The World of Philip K. Dick “Reads with compelling immediacy, an unnerving combination of masks, secrets that distort and finally shred one's identity…” — Sherwood Smith, Tangent Online “A must-read for originality and perceptive social satire.” — Daniel E. Blackstone's Firebrand Fiction Column Cover art by Gee Vaucher. Availability: Usually ships within 2-3 business days. Retail price: $14.95 |
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