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Uranians - Stories (Hardcover)
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Uranians - Stories (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R520
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"I have been waiting for this sumptuous, prismatic collection for
literal years. Theodore McCombs is a poet of queer pasts, presents,
and futures, and Uranians is a formidable debut." -Carmen Maria
Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties For readers of Ted
Chiang and Karen Russell, a genre-defying debut story collection
that explores the essential role of queerness in this and every
other possible world. At the end of the Victorian era, a handful of
forward-thinking public intellectuals advocated for societal
tolerance of the "Uranian"-a man who loved other men-wondering if
these "intermediate sexes" might in fact constitute totally
different beings, even hopeful guides toward the future. The six
stories in Theodore McComb's kaleidoscopic debut span several
possible worlds, teasing the boundaries between coexisting
realities and taking up the question of queer difference from one
surprising vantage after another. In "Towards a Theory of
Alternative Lifestyles," a heartbroken young man stands in line at
an exclusive underground gay nightclub promising visions of
parallel lives across the multiverse. In "Ora et Labora," an
adolescent novice at a Gothic monastery is forced to labor
slavishly over math problems for the good of society entire. In
Boston, at the turn of a very different 20th century, a domineering
matron-cum-hangman feels that if you want things done right, you'll
just have to do them yourself. Finally, in the titular novella
"Uranians," an expedition of queer artists, scientists, and one
transgender priest are on a lifelong interplanetary voyage that
requires them to renegotiate their connections to a remote and
hostile Earth, while keeping their ship's biome alive in the harsh
void of space.
General
Imprint: |
Astra House
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Theodore McCombs
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-66260-194-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-66260-194-8 |
Barcode: |
9781662601941 |
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