Children of the New World
by Alexander Weinstein
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Pub Date 27 Apr 2017 | Archive Date 18 Apr 2017
Description
A creator of virtual memories struggles to distinguish real-life experience from manufactured events. A childless couple conceive two children in an online world, only for their imagined life to be infected by a computer virus. The robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child ‘dies’, and a family realises how real a son he had become.
Alexander Weinstein’s debut story collection, Children of the New World, imagines a near future of social-media implants and instant connection, environmental collapse and post-revolution discord. It grapples with our unease in the modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander Weinstein is a visionary new voice for all of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on the horizon.
Advance Praise
‘A darkly mesmerizing, fearless, and exquisitely written work. Stunning, harrowing, and brilliantly imagined.’—Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
‘Each
of the stories feels utterly possible, and the worlds are deftly
rendered—whether they show us the effects of climate change or new types
of sex made possible by advanced technology.’—Kirkus Reviews
‘Scary,
recognizable, heartbreaking, witty, and absolutely human…This is
mind-bending stuff. Weinstein’s collection is full of spot-on prose,
wicked humor, and heart.’—STARRED Review, Publishers Weekly
‘Taken
together, these stories present a fully-imagined vision of the future
which will disturb you, provoke you, and make you feel alive. Weinstein
is brilliant, incisive and fearless.’—Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
'A stellar book...that shows how science fiction is arguably the essential genre for our age.’—Saturday Paper
‘Missing the vague, futuristic dread you feel watching Black Mirror?
Weinstein’s eerie sci-fi collection—featuring adopted robot children
and the addictive fictional memory industry—fills the void brilliantly.’—EW.com
‘These stories are equally unnerving and tender, and a reminder that what we ultimately long for is human connection.’—LitHub
‘Weinstein
writes sensitively and with deceptive simplicity, slicing into the
emotional core of his haunted, self-estranged characters. The more they
connect via technology, the less connected they feel…Children of the New World
is a nuanced and complex vision of where we as a species might be going
— and how, for better and for worse, we’re already there.’—NPR
‘By turns satirical, jarring, ludicrous, and sad, Weinstein’s stories take present-day anxieties about pornography, cloning, social media, and digital isolation, and follow them to their logical extremes.’—The Atlantic
‘Weinstein
is a master of his craft. His stories are each elegantly constructed,
many with a startling reveal at the end, both surprising and obvious,
which is formally reminiscent of certain Golden Age science fiction
stories.'—Millions
‘An eye-opening horror that will leave you thinking about the implications of technology long into the night…Fantastic.’ —Cosy Dragon
‘To
read this collection of 13 short stories is to be stunned, thrilled and
terrified in equal measure…An
exceptional debut.’—North & South
‘A
highly enjoyable collection…You will emerge with one heck of a book
hangover, and it might take you a while to re-acclimate yourself to the
“real” world.’—100% Rock Magazine
‘A
quiet achievement…Not a single word is wasted; each reality is
constructed convincingly, without exposition, and the pages keep
turning…You’ll find yourself thinking about these worlds later, as you
go about your life, and thinking they aren’t so far from yours.’—Aurealis
Available Editions
EDITION | Mass Market Paperback |
ISBN | 9781925498387 |
PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
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