The Ant King: and Other Stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Ant King by Benjamin Rosenbaum Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A debut spanning the weirdest corners of literature and science fiction, exploring family, loyalty, and memory. Publisher Description "Rosenbaums The Ant King and Other Stories contains invisible cities and playful deconstructions of the form. In "Biographical Notes to A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, With Air-Planes, by Benjamin Rosenbaum"-yes, his name is part of the title-the author imagines a world whose technologies and philosophies differ wildly from ours. The result is a commentary on the state of the art that is itself the state of the art."-Los Angeles Times Favorite Books of 2008* "Give him some prizes, like, perhaps, "best first collection" for this book."-Booklist (Starred review, Top 10 SF Books of the Year)"Featuring outlandish and striking imagery throughout-a woman in love with an elephant, an orange that ruled the world-this collection is a surrealistic wonderland."-Publishers Weekly"Rosenbaum proves hes capable of sustained fantasy with "Biographical Notes," a steampunkish alternate history of aerial piracy, and "A Siege of Cranes," a fantasy about a battle between a human insurgent and the White Witch that carries decidedly modern undercurrents.... Perhaps none of the tales is odder than "Orphans," in which girl-meets-elephant, girl-loses-elephant."-Kirkus Reviews"Urbane without being arch, sweet without being maudlin, mysterious without being cryptic."-Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing"Lively, bizarre, and funny as well as dark, sinister, and sensual."-Boston Phoenix A dazzling, postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions: a writer of alternate histories defends his patrons zeppelin against assassins and pirates; a woman transforms into hundreds of gumballs; an emancipated childrens collective goes house hunting.Benjamin Rosenbaums stories have appeared in Asimovs Science Fiction and McSweeneys, been translated into fourteen languages, and listed in The Best American Short Stories 2006. Shortlisted for the Hugo and Nebula awards, Rosenbaums work has been reprinted in Harpers and The Years Best Science Fiction. He lives in Switzerland with his family. Author Biography Benjamin Rosenbaum (benjaminrosenbaum.com) grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and received degrees in computer science and religious studies from Brown University. His work has been published in Harpers, Nature, McSweeneys, F&SF, Asimovs, Interzone, All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories, and Strange Horizons. Small Beer Press published his chapbook Other Cities. He and his family live in Switzerland. Details ISBN 1931520534 ISBN-13 9781931520539 Title The Ant King Author Benjamin Rosenbaum Format Paperback Year 2008 Pages 272 Publisher Small Beer Press GE_Item_ID:16910253; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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