Prepare to skew your view of the world: where jinni in the clouds of a future Tel Aviv aren't spirits but powerful computer programs; where a suburban garden hiding unrecognizable bones; to a planet colony that outlaws color; or the night when a lonely lab tech finds a spambot flirting with him. The
Wilde Stories 2012: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
โ Scribed by Thorne, Stellan; Cardamone, Tom; Barzak, Christopher; Thomas, Lee; Kushner, Ellen; Bowes, Richard; Ferebee, K.M.; Torres, Justin; Jeffers, Alex; Berman, Steve
- Book ID
- 109297346
- Publisher
- Lethe Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781590213971
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โฆ Synopsis
Prepare to skew your view of the world: where jinn in the clouds of a future Tel Aviv aren't spirits but powerful computer programs; where a suburban garden hides unrecognizable bones; to a colony planet that outlaws color; or the night when a lonely lab tech finds a spambot flirting with him. The latest volume in the acclaimed Wilde Stories series has tales of hitchhikers on the run, dragons in the sky, swordsmen drawing their blades. These are stories fantastic and strange, otherworldly and eerie, but all feature gay men struggling with memories or lovers or simply the vicissitudes of life no matter how wild the world might be.
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