Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions
Published on 11. October 2022
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-5362-1938-8 (ISBN)
Description
"In a society where the modification industry has transformed how humans look, sound, and interact, a nonbinary teen braves the 'reinvention' room to accept a gift from the dead. In an accidental city in space, a young apprentice holds neighborhoods together with braided carbon filaments, until distraction and inspiration arrive in the wake of a visitor. Entitlement-fueled drug use alters the landscape of white privilege, a robot remembers the earth, and corporate 'walkers' stroll for unknown subscribers--until one hacks the system"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Ninth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 14 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5362-1938-8 (9781536219388)
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Persons
A. R. Capetta is the author of The Heartbreak Bakery, Echo After Echo, The Lost Coast, and the best-selling Once & Future series, coauthored with their spouse, Cory McCarthy. They live in a small town in the mountains with their family.
Wade Roush is a journalist and audio producer who focuses on how science and technology are changing our lives and what we can do as individuals to steer that process. He is the editor of the hard science anthology Twelve Tomorrows, published by MIT Press. He holds a PhD from MIT in the history of technology and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Wade Roush is a journalist and audio producer who focuses on how science and technology are changing our lives and what we can do as individuals to steer that process. He is the editor of the hard science anthology Twelve Tomorrows, published by MIT Press. He holds a PhD from MIT in the history of technology and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.