{"product_id":"alien-virus-love-disaster-stories-paperback","title":"Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbbey Mei Otis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip K. Dick Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbey Mei Otis's short stories are contemporary fiction at its strongest: taking apart the supposed equality that is clearly just not there, putting humans under an alien microscope, putting humans under government control, putting kids from the moon into a small beach town and then the putting the rest of the town under the microscope as they react in ways we ope they would, and then, of course, in ways we'd hope they don't. Otis has long been fascinated in using strange situations to explore dynamics of power, oppression, and grief, and the twelve stories collected here are at once a striking indictment of the present and a powerful warning about the future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"After I read this book, I woke up with bumpy, reddish growths along my spine. They burst, releasing marvels: aliens, robots, prefab houses, vinyl, chainlink, styrofoam, star stuff, tales from the edge of eviction, so many new worlds. \u003ci\u003eAlien Virus Love Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e is a super-intelligent infection. Let Abbey Mei Otis give you some lumps.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Sofia Samatar, author of \u003cem\u003eTender\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbey Mei Otis is a writer and teaching artist who lives in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop and received her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eTin House, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, Barrelhouse, Gargoyle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStory Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714162233407,"sku":"9781618731494","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/68bdec2d91b823acb94c503087aae31f.webp?v=1765067218","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/alien-virus-love-disaster-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}