Status
Available
Publication
Small Beer Press (2021), 256 pages
Description
"Johnson digs into the lives of those trodden underfoot by the powers that be: from the lives of vampires and those caught in their circle in Hawai'i to a taxonomy of anger put together by Union soldiers in the American Civil War, these stories will grab you and not let you go"--
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LibraryThing member rivkat
Fantasy and sf focusing on characters making their way in a world they can’t control, whether it’s been invaded by glassmen for mysterious purposes or simply destroyed by climate change. Some of her characters change a lot—or at least how we see them changes a lot—as their choices and
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reasons for those choices become clearer. I am a bigger fan of her longer writing, but it’s still so unusual to see sympathetic treatment of abortion that this is worthy of note. Show Less
LibraryThing member quondame
Dystopias, rooted in vampires, space aliens, greed, war, repression are the backgrounds for Johnson's tales, but unlike most her characters, while victims, aren't the innocent as much as the compromised. A rich tapestry of disturbing images and limited if any hope.
Awards
Ignyte Award (Shortlist — 2022)
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2022)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2020-11
Physical description
256 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
1618731777 / 9781618731777