β Scribed by Paul di Filippo
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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.βVisit a hermetic city where beauty is the only currency.βExperience a steampunk fable in which nothing is what it first seems, and a young man's future rests on finding his true father.βHang out with the techno-savvy, social-media gypsies who form the new elite in the not-too-distant future.βRide a wild ribofunk express train into the badlands where a man's skin is not his own.βExperience a counterfacutal World War II where victory is acheived by amazing rays.βVist 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.βVisit 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...
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