Author: | Paul Di Filippo | ISBN: | 9781614754657 |
Publisher: | WordFire Press | Publication: | January 24, 2017 |
Imprint: | WordFire Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Paul Di Filippo |
ISBN: | 9781614754657 |
Publisher: | WordFire Press |
Publication: | January 24, 2017 |
Imprint: | WordFire Press |
Language: | English |
In this astonishing, variegated assortment of tales, award-winning author Paul Di Filippo covers all the themes and modes he is best-known for, and ventures into new territory as well.
—Visit a hermetic city where beauty is the only currency.
—Experience a steampunk fable in which nothing is what it first seems, and a young man’s future rests on finding his true father.
—Hang out with the techno-savvy, social-media gypsies who form the new elite in the not-too-distant future.
—Ride a wild ribofunk express train into the badlands where a man’s skin is not his own.
—Experience a counterfacutal World War II where victory is acheived by amazing rays.
—Vist a haunted Italian city where the Neolithic and the present live side-by-side, and a hero who falls in love with a goddess must battle her ancient foe.
—Visit an Orwellian future redeemed only by the imagination and love of a tortured dissenter.
These are just some of the uncanny tales contained in this collection, incorporating comedy and tragedy, laughter and tears!
In this astonishing, variegated assortment of tales, award-winning author Paul Di Filippo covers all the themes and modes he is best-known for, and ventures into new territory as well.
—Visit a hermetic city where beauty is the only currency.
—Experience a steampunk fable in which nothing is what it first seems, and a young man’s future rests on finding his true father.
—Hang out with the techno-savvy, social-media gypsies who form the new elite in the not-too-distant future.
—Ride a wild ribofunk express train into the badlands where a man’s skin is not his own.
—Experience a counterfacutal World War II where victory is acheived by amazing rays.
—Vist a haunted Italian city where the Neolithic and the present live side-by-side, and a hero who falls in love with a goddess must battle her ancient foe.
—Visit an Orwellian future redeemed only by the imagination and love of a tortured dissenter.
These are just some of the uncanny tales contained in this collection, incorporating comedy and tragedy, laughter and tears!