2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee)
A 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.
Genre: Science Fiction
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"A terrific range of tales, showcasing an active, playful mind and a gleeful genre-blender." - Aimee Bender
"Urbane without being arch, sweet without being maudlin, mysterious without being cryptic." - Cory Doctorow
"Urbane without being arch, sweet without being maudlin, mysterious without being cryptic." - Cory Doctorow
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