A press release from Night Shade Books:
Night Shade Books is proud to announce the availability of the Second Edition of [[[Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories]]] and a new printing of [[[Wastelands:Stories of the Apocalypse]]]. Previously out of print but now again available, these best selling dystopian and apocalyptic anthologies bring together celebrated works of fiction from the last 70 years, dealing with subjects that always seem so fantastic and yet palpably imminent.
Brave New Worlds and Wastelands are available through our distributor, Publishers Group West or through normal wholesale or consumer channels.
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories
Edited by John Joseph Adams
Dec. 4. 2012
Trade Paperback
978-1-59780-454-7
$16.99
When the government wields its power against its own people, every citizen becomes an enemy of the state. Will you fight the system, or be ground to dust beneath the boot of tyranny?
In his smash-hit anthologies Wastelands and The Living Dead, acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams showed you what happens when society is utterly wiped away. Now he brings you a glimpse into an equally terrifying future – what happens when civilization invades and dictates every aspect of your life?
From 1984 to The Handmaid’s Tale, from Children of Men to Bioshock, the dystopian imagination has been a vital and gripping cautionary force. Brave New Worlds collects thirty of the best tales of dystopian menace by some of today’s most visionary writers.
*Now with an updated introduction and reading list. And including a recommended movie list and selected discussion questions.
Table of Contents:
Introduction by John Joseph Adams
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
“Red Card” by S. L. Gilbow
“Ten With a Flag” by Joseph Paul Haines
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment” by M. Rickert
“The Funeral” by Kate Wilhelm
“O Happy Day!” by Geoff Ryman
“Pervert” by Charles Coleman Finlay
“From Homogenous to Honey” by Neil Gaiman & Bryan Talbot
“Billennium” by J. G. Ballard
“Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn
“Pop Squad” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“Auspicious Eggs” by James Morrow
“Peter Skilling” by Alex Irvine
“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury
“The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away” by Cory Doctorow
“The Pearl Diver” by Caitlín R. Kiernan
“Dead Space for the Unexpected” by Geoff Ryman
“‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison
“Is This Your Day to Join the Revolution?” by Genevieve Valentine
“Independence Day” by Sarah Langan
“The Lunatics” by Kim Stanley Robinson
“Sacrament” by Matt Williamson
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick
“Just Do It” by Heather Lindsley
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
“Caught in the Organ Draft” by Robert Silverberg
“Geriatric Ward” by Orson Scott Card
“Arties Aren’t Stupid” by Jeremiah Tolbert
“Jordan’s Waterhammer” by Joe Mastroianni
“Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs” by Adam-Troy Castro
“Resistance” by Tobias S. Buckell
“Civilization” by Vylar Kaftan
“For Further Reading” by Ross E. Lockhart
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Additional Content Exclusive to the Revised & Expanded Second Edition
Editor’s Note by John Joseph Adams
“The Cull” by Robert Reed
“Personal Jesus” by Jennifer Pelland
“The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu
Study Guide by Gary K. Wolfe
Filmography by Gary K. Wolfe
The first edition of Brave New Worlds was initially published 01/01/2011, with the ISBN 9781597802215.
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
Edited by John Joseph Adams
Now available
Trade Paperback
978-1-59780-105-8
$16.99
From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse.
Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction, including George R. R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King, Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon.
Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders.
Complete with introductions and an indispensable appendix of recommendations for further reading, Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre’s core.
Table of Contents:
Introduction by John Joseph Adams
“The End of the Whole Mess” by Stephen King
“Salvage” by Orson Scott Card
“The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“Bread and Bombs” by M. Rickert
“How We Got Into Town and Out Again” by Jonathan Lethem
“Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels” by George R. R. Martin
“Waiting for the Zephyr” by Tobias S. Buckell
“Never Despair” by Jack McDevitt
“When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” by Cory Doctorow
“The Last of the O-Forms” by James Van Pelt
“Still Life with Apocalypse” by Richard Kadrey
“Artie’s Angels” by Catherine Wells
“Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion
“Mute” by Gene Wolfe
“Intertia” by Nancy Kress
“And the Deep Blue Sea” by Elizabeth Bear
“Speech Sounds” by Octavia E. Butler
“Killers” by Carol Emshwiller
“Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus” by Neal Barrett, Jr.
“The End of the Word as We Know it” by Dale Bailey
“A Song Before Sunset” by David Grigg
“Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of the Purple Flowers” by John Langan
Appendix: For Further Reading