{"product_id":"soft-apocalypse-9781597802765","title":"Soft Apocalypse","description":"What happens when resources become scarce and society starts to crumble? As the competition for resources pulls America's previously stable society apart, the New Normal is a Soft Apocalypse. This is how our world ends; with a whimper instead of a bang. New social structures and tribal connections spring up across America, as the previous social structures begin to dissolve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Locus Award finalist and John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist Soft Apocalypse follows the journey across the Southeast of a tribe of formerly middle class Americans as they struggle to find a place for themselves and their children in a new, dangerous world that still carries the ghostly echoes of their previous lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's so hard to believe, Colin said as we crossed the steaming, empty parking lot toward the bowling alley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That we're poor. That we're homeless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I mean, we have college degrees, he said. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I know, I said. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There was an ancient miniature golf course choked in weeds alongside the bowling alley. The astroturf had completely rotted away in places. The windmill had one spoke. We looked it over for a minute (both of us had once been avid mini golfers), then continued toward the door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By the way, I added. We're not homeless, we're nomads. Keep your labels straight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Night Shade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597802765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Locus Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2011 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Will McIntosh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924706853045,"sku":"9781597802765","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f002b90e-0da1-47d1-aa20-b0890b4278b7.jpg?v=1761660530","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/soft-apocalypse-9781597802765","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}