{"product_id":"the-ant-king-and-other-stories-9781931520539","title":"The Ant King: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eRosenbaum's \u003ci\u003eThe Ant King and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e contains invisible cities and playful deconstructions of the form. In Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, With Air-Planes, ' by Benjamin Rosenbaum--yes, his name is part of the title--the author imagines a world whose technologies and philosophies differ wildly from ours. The result is a commentary on the state of the art that is itself the state of the art.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Books of 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Give him some prizes, like, perhaps, best first collection for this book.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred review, Top 10 SF Books of the Year)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing outlandish and striking imagery throughout--a woman in love with an elephant, an orange that ruled the world--this collection is a surrealistic wonderland.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenbaum proves he's capable of sustained fantasy with Biographical Notes, a steampunkish alternate history of aerial piracy, and A Siege of Cranes, a fantasy about a battle between a human insurgent and the White Witch that carries decidedly modern undercurrents.... Perhaps none of the tales is odder than Orphans, in which girl-meets-elephant, girl-loses-elephant.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrbane without being arch, sweet without being maudlin, mysterious without being cryptic.--Cory Doctorow, \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively, bizarre, and funny as well as dark, sinister, and sensual.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dazzling, postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions: a writer of alternate histories defends his patron's zeppelin against assassins and pirates; a woman transforms into hundreds of gumballs; an emancipated children's collective goes house hunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, been translated into fourteen languages, and listed in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2006\u003c\/i\u003e. Shortlisted for the Hugo and Nebula awards, Rosenbaum's work has been reprinted in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Switzerland with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Small Beer Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931520539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/23\/2008 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2008 pg. 673\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Benjamin Rosenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41521332388021,"sku":"9781931520539","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8c79aba8-7016-47b2-84d3-daca54196f7c.jpg?v=1641917552","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ant-king-and-other-stories-9781931520539","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}