{"title":"Absurdist Fiction","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"six-months-three-days-five-others","title":"Six Months, Three Days, Five Others","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A master absurdist...Highly recommended.\" ―The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the success of her debut SF-and-fantasy novel All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders was a rising star in SF and fantasy short fiction. Collected in a mini-book format, here―for the first time in print―are six of her quirky, wry, engaging best:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model,\" aliens reveal the terrible truth about how humans were created―and why we'll never discover aliens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"As Good as New\" is a brilliant twist on the tale of three wishes, set after the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Intestate\" is about a family reunion in which some attendees aren't quite human anymore―but they're still family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Cartography of Sudden Death\" demonstrates that when you try to solve a problem with time travel, you now have two problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Six Months, Three Days\" is the story of the love affair between a man who can see the one true foreordained future, and a woman who can see all the possible futures. They're both right, and the story won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd \"Clover,\" exclusively written for this collection, is a coda to All the Birds in the Sky, answering the burning question of what happened to Patricia's cat., ISBN13: 9780765394897 ISBN10: 0765394898 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124394905763,"sku":"CH_12-26-24_PHA_H00000DQ","price":23.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/91TK95JulcL.jpg?v=1754807453"}],"url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/collections\/absurdist-fiction.oembed","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}