{"product_id":"the-child-garden-a-low-comedy-9781931520287","title":"The Child Garden: A Low Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exuberant celebration of excess set in a resource-poor but defiantly energetic twenty-first century.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly absorbing tale--with a marvelous premise expertly carried out.--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcellent. . . . Dark and witty and full of love, closely observed, and sprinkled with astonishing ideas. Science fiction of a very high order.--Greg Bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most imaginative accounts of futuristic bioengineering since Greg Bear's \u003ci\u003eBlood Music\u003c\/i\u003e.--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future London, humans photosynthesize, organics have replaced electronics, viruses educate people, and very few live past forty. But Milena is resistant to the viruses. She's alone until she meets Rolfa, a huge, hirsute Genetically Engineered Polar Woman, and Milena realizes she might, just might, be able to find a place for herself after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe King's Last Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir\u003c\/i\u003e (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and \u003ci\u003eThe Unconquered Country \u003c\/i\u003e(a World Fantasy Award winner), and the collection \u003ci\u003eParadise Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.\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 06\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931520287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Geoff Ryman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40423456866485,"sku":"9781931520287","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f4a92dcc-38c2-4716-bdb6-3ee090b70a46.jpg?v=1625577177","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-child-garden-a-low-comedy-9781931520287","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}