Welcome to Dystopia : 45 Visions of What Lies Ahead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Gelder, Gordon.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Welcome to Dystopia

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : OR Books, 2019.

Summary:

Brutality, infrastructure collapse, daily threats of war: 45 writers of speculative fiction share their visions of what's to come. Fighting in the streets, corruption at the highest levels, thuggish police, a daily threat of nuclear war: few of us thought we'd find ourselves here, so far into the 21st century. What's next? Are we really going to be "great again," however that's meant? In this diverse and vigorous mix of original stories by newcomers and luminaries, writers offer their takes on what life might hold for us in the next few years. The resulting visions of oppression, and daily struggle are sometimes humorous, sometimes terrifying, but always thought-provoking. Including stories by K. G. Anderson, Richard Bowes, Elizabeth Bourne, Scott Bradfield, J.S. Breukelaar, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Becca Caccavo, Don D'Ammassa, Stephanie Feldman, Eric James Fullilove, Ron Goulart, Eileen Gunn, Leslie Howle, Matthew Hughes, Janis Ian, Michael Kandel, Thomas Kaufsek, Paul La Farge, Yoon Ha Lee, Michael Libling, Heather Lindsley, Lisa Mason, Barry N. Malzberg, David Marusek, Mary Anne Mohanraj, James Morrow, Ruth Nestvold, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Marguerite Reed, Robert Reed, Madeleine E. Robins, Jay Russell, Geoff Ryman, James Sallis, J. M. Sidorova, Brian Francis Slattery, Harry Turtledove, Deepak Unnikrishnan, TS Vale, Leo Vladimirsky, Ray Vukcevich, Ted White, Paul Witcover, N. Lee Wood, and Jane Yolen.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Sneakers

Re: Your Wedding

Everything Is Fixed Now

His Sweat Like Stars on the Rio Grande

Agnosia

The Adventure of You

N. Lee Wood

Birds

The Only Constant

The Terrific Leader

Two Explicit and Three Oblique Apologies to My Oldest Daughter One Month Before Her Eighteenth Birthday

The Levellers

No Point Talking

Glow

Precaution at Penn Station

Newsletter

Statues of Limitations

Suffocation

Application for Asylum

Welcome to Triumph Band

Loser

We All Have Hearts of Gold®

Notes on Retrieving a Fallen Banner

Ticket to Ride

Burning Down the House

Dangerous

Class Assignment

Walls

The Passion According to Mike

Bright Sarasota Where the Circus Lies Dying

The Name Unspoken

The Elites

January 2018

Farewell

The Amazing Transformation of the White House Dog

Handmaid's Other Tale

Sanctuary

One Fell Swoop

BK Girls

Isn't Life Great?

The Men Will Be Hungry Afterwards

The Road South

Skippy's Visit East

Designed for Your Safety

Extreme Bedding

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781949017076

1949017079

OCLC:

1059365273