The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
Edited byu00a0R. F. Kuangu00a0and John Joseph Adams
Introduction by R. F. Kuang
Read by Will Tulin, Katharine Chin, Em Grosland, Chantu00e9 McCormicku00a0Isabella Star LaBlanc, Yelena Shmulenson, Jeena Yi, Andru00e9 Santana, Jacob Patalive, and Mirai Booth-Ong
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798212698511
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ISBN: 9798212698504
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ISBN: 9798212698528
| Runtime: | 12.80 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird.” The stories in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 are brimming with bizarre and otherworldly premises. Women can’t lie or fall in love. Fathers feed their children ghost preserves. Souls chase one another through animal incarnations. Yet these stories are grounded deeply in our reality. Out of these stories’ weirdness emerges the cruelty of border enforcement, the horror of legislation restricting reproductive freedom, the frightening pace of AI. The result is a stunning, immersive, intensely felt experience, showing us less of what the world is, and more of what it could be.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 includes Nathan Ballingrud • KT Bryski • Isabel Cañas • Maria Dong • Kim Fu • Theodora Goss • Alix E. Harrow • S. L. Huang • Stephen Graham Jones • Shingai Njeri Kagunda • Isabel J. Kim • Samantha Mills • MKRNYILGLD • Malka Older • Susan Palwick • Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez • Sofia Samatar • Kristina Ten • Catherynne M. Valente • Chris Willrich
Author
Author Bio: R. F. Kuang
R. F. Kuang is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. She is a Marshall scholar and a translator and has an MPhil degree in Chinese studies from Cambridge and an MSc in contemporary Chinese studies from Oxford University.
Author Bio: John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams, called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, is the bestselling editor of such anthologies as Epic, Wastelands, Brave New Worlds, The Living Dead, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and many, many others. He is a six-time Hugo finalist and five-time World Fantasy Award nominee. Adams is also the editor and publisher of the magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare as well as the cohost of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Runtime: | 12.80 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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