{"product_id":"centuries-ago-and-very-fast-9781933500256","title":"Centuries Ago and Very Fast","description":"\u003ci\u003eCenturies Ago and Very Fast\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of linked stories by Rebecca Ore, author of \u003ci\u003eGaia's Toys, Time's Child, Slow Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e, and other well-received novels. The stories in this collection relate tales from the life of Vel, a gay immortal born in the Paleolithic who jumps time at will. We encounter him hunting mammoths, playing with reindeer tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms, negotiating each successive wave of invaders to keep his family and its land intact, living as the minor god of a spring, witnessing the hanging of mollies in seventeenth-century London as well as the Stonewall riots in twentieth-century New York City. Vel has had more lovers than he can remember and is sometimes tempted to flirt with death. \u003ci\u003eCenturies Ago and Very Fast\u003c\/i\u003e offers fascinating, often erotic glimpses of the life of a man who has just about seen it all. \u003cp\u003e The eminent novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany writes: ''Witty, vivid, and \u003ci\u003every\u003c\/i\u003e thought provoking, these interwoven narratives of the most sophisticated of primitive lusts start with a gay caveman who happens to have been around over fourteen thousand years. Finishing an afternoon tryst with a Puerto Rican drag queen at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, he and his new friend wander back to Greenwich Village to end up smack in the Stonewall Riots of late June 69. Then we go hunting (and killing and dressing and eating and a few other things that might raise your eyebrow) a mammoth. But that s only the beginning. (Want to learn the right way to celebrate the winter solstice?) Ore's little book has intelligence and charm. Really, you ve just \u003ci\u003egot\u003c\/i\u003e to read this!'' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And Pamela Sargent, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shore of Women\u003c\/i\u003e and the Venus Trilogy and editor of the \u003ci\u003eWomen of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e series, says: ''In \u003ci\u003eCenturies Ago and Very Fast\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca Ore reveals the gritty and often less admirable aspects of human life without flinching but also without cynicism. These earthy, lively, and compelling stories centered around a time-traveling immortal show inventiveness, combine cosmic scope with realistic detail, and will leave readers wanting more.''\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aqueduct Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933500256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Spectrum Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Ore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435568525493,"sku":"9781933500256","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d5fec5a8-1a90-4531-aa5f-e83feca00a28.jpg?v=1776227230","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/centuries-ago-and-very-fast-9781933500256","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}