{"product_id":"quantum-nightmares-9781963511215","title":"Quantum Nightmares","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuantum Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of dystopian sci-fi stories, contains the nuggets of bizarre psychological truth that help explain today's divisive United States, where myth collides with belief and fact is hard to find.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first short story details how Betty Hill (the infamous first woman to report she was abducted by aliens) offers up her eggs to save a future infertile human species, connecting her mind to the whole stream of human consciousness-past, present and future-in the process. Betty Hill's dreams frame each of the fifteen stories in the collection. From \"The Gender Revealing Party,\" set in a not-too-distant future, where scientists have eliminated sexual dimorphism; to \"The Five Hives,\" in which teens are commanded to belong to a particular hive, each faction is led by one teen who manipulates their hive through social media to be compliant; to \"Vicarious Intruders,\" which explores how the infamous Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele experimented on his son, this dystopian account warns of a possible future America if it doesn't return to some semblance of the natural world in both society, politics, and technology.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of short stories can be compared to Clifford Simak's \u003cem\u003eDusty Zebra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e or Ted Chiang's Stories of \u003cem\u003eYour Life and Others\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flare Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963511215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jose M. Rodriguez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495095959733,"sku":"9781963511215","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_94c68dc0-8a6a-4826-b112-ede6043a05ad.jpg?v=1754974032","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/quantum-nightmares-9781963511215","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}