Super flat times : stories / Matthew Derby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derby, Matthew, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and civilization--Fiction.

Technology and civilization.

Science fiction, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown, [2003]

Summary:

With A Heightened Sense of the Boundless Possibility and lurking doom that Orwell and Huxley once envisioned, Matthew Derby's stories provide a glimpse into an intricately imagined world -- a world in which clouds are treated with behavioral serum, children are handicapped by their ability to float, and all food (including Popsicles) is made of meat. The stories invert popular notions of family, government, and science with razor-sharp wit and explore the darkest of human longings with heartbreaking sincerity. The result: a book that is both a brilliant satire and an assault on the senses.

Contents:

First 3

Years 5

Fragment 13

The Sound Gun 15

Meat Tower 31

The Boyish Mulatto 44

Sky Harvest 56

Home Recordings 61

Year 51

Fragment 73

Joy of Eating 75

The Father Helmet 80

Crutches Used as Weapon 99

Night Watchmen 114

Behavior Pilot 123

Years 52

Fragment 137

Stupid Animals 139

The End of Men 142

Instructions 155

The Life Jacket 162

Gantry's Last 172

Fragment 191

An Appeal 193.

ISBN:

0316738573

OCLC:

50684765