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The Science of Lost Futures is a prize-winning collection full of quirky humor and intelligent absurdity. Ryan Habermeyer is a yarn spinner of the first order. Drawing on urban legends, internet hoaxes, and ancient medical folklore, these stories go beyond science fiction and magical realism to create a captivating collection of fabulist stories that revel in the alien and the absurd. ** Review "If the Brothers Grimm wrote today, they might turn out something like this imaginative collection, Habermeyer’s debut." ―Publishers Weekly Review "Ryan Habermeyer gives his protagonists quite a bit more trouble than they can reasonably handle, and their earnest forbearance is consistently funny, lovely, and moving. Come to this book for outlandish premise; stay for the compassionate depiction of frail humanity. The BOA Short Fiction Prize strikes again with yet another terrific collection." ―Chris Bachelder, National Book Award finalist for *The Throwback Special * Ryan Habermeyer's collection of stories is hilarious, brilliantly inventive, ribald, insightful, and sometimes disturbing. He uses the absurd to express the truths of humans' relationships to one another and to the bizarre w

Author

Ryan Habermeyer

Publisher

BOA Editions, Limited

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781942683612

Subjects

Short Stories, Science Fiction, Fiction