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If This Goes On: The Science Fiction Future of Today’s Politics

by Cat Rambo (Editor)

Other authors: Cyd Athens (Contributor), Steven Barnes (Contributor), Rachel Chimits (Contributor), Paul Crenshaw (Contributor), Beth Dawkins (Contributor)25 more, Kitty-Lydia Die (Contributor), Andy Duncan (Contributor), Scott Edelman (Contributor), Judy Helfrich (Contributor), Langley Hyde (Contributor), Gregory Jeffors (Contributor), Chris Kluwe (Contributor), Jamie Lackey (Contributor), Jack Lothian (Contributor), Nick Mamatas (Contributor), Lynette Mejía (Contributor), Aimee Ogden (Contributor), Sarah Pinsker (Contributor), Conor Powers-Smith (Contributor), Zandra Renwick (Contributor), Kathy Schilbach (Contributor), Nisi Shawl (Contributor), Priya Sridhar (Contributor), Marie Vibbert (Contributor), Calie Voorhis (Contributor), Tiffany E. Wilson (Contributor), James Wood (Contributor), Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (Contributor), E. Lily Yu (Contributor), Hal Y. Zhang (Contributor)

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A bold new anthology born of rage and sorrow and hope. 30 writers look at what today's politics and policies will do to shape our world a generation from now. Some of today's most visionary writers of science fiction project us forward to the world of the future; a world shaped by nationalism, isolationism, and a growing divide between the haves and have nots. This anthology sits at the intersection of politics, speculative fiction, and American identity. The choices we make today; the policies of our governments and the values that we, as people, embrace are going to shape our world for decades to come. Or break it. Edited by Cat Rambo, the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the stories of If This Goes On invite you to worlds very like this one-- but just a little different. Including: "Green Glass: A Love Story" by Lily Yu, Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee, and winner of the 2012 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, filters the future of now through a wholly relatable lens: relationships and marriage. Hugo-winning editor Scott Edelman's "The Stranded Time Traveler Embraces the Inevitable" expertly employs an age-old science fiction convention to tell a deeply human tale of love, loss, and desperate hope. Streaming our everyday lives has become commonplace, but in "Making Happy" Zandra Renwick examines a very uncommon consequence of broadcasting your every experience. Former Minnesota Viking and noted equal rights advocate Chris Kluwe's "The Machine" deals with one of the most important and hotly contested questions of the day: what truly defines citizenship and American identity? Nebula winner Sarah Pinsker's "That Our Flag Was Still There" uses possibly the most powerful symbol in American iconography to create a frightening and darkly illuminating vision of freedom of speech. NAACP Image Award winner for Outstanding Literary Work Steven Barnes offers up the consequences of integrating technology and surveillance into our daily lives with his detective story "The Last Adventure of Jack Laff: The Dayveil Gambit" And two dozen more of today's best authors offer If This Goes On, the science fiction future of today.… (more)
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Speculative fiction collection focused on trends in the US given the 2016 elections. Would have been better without the on-the-nose explanations of what you just read from the editor. Some nice variants, though, including Priya Sridhar’s Mustard Seeds and the Elephant’s Foot, about old myths returning under newer conditions. ( )
  rivkat | Mar 8, 2019 |
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Rambo, CatEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Athens, CydContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barnes, StevenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chimits, RachelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crenshaw, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dawkins, BethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Die, Kitty-LydiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Duncan, AndyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Edelman, ScottContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Helfrich, JudyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hyde, LangleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jeffors, GregoryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kluwe, ChrisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lackey, JamieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lothian, JackContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mamatas, NickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mejía, LynetteContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ogden, AimeeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pinsker, SarahContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Powers-Smith, ConorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Renwick, ZandraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schilbach, KathyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shawl, NisiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sridhar, PriyaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Vibbert, MarieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Voorhis, CalieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilson, Tiffany E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wood, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wrigley, Sylvia SpruckContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Yu, E. LilyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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A bold new anthology born of rage and sorrow and hope. 30 writers look at what today's politics and policies will do to shape our world a generation from now. Some of today's most visionary writers of science fiction project us forward to the world of the future; a world shaped by nationalism, isolationism, and a growing divide between the haves and have nots. This anthology sits at the intersection of politics, speculative fiction, and American identity. The choices we make today; the policies of our governments and the values that we, as people, embrace are going to shape our world for decades to come. Or break it. Edited by Cat Rambo, the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the stories of If This Goes On invite you to worlds very like this one-- but just a little different. Including: "Green Glass: A Love Story" by Lily Yu, Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee, and winner of the 2012 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, filters the future of now through a wholly relatable lens: relationships and marriage. Hugo-winning editor Scott Edelman's "The Stranded Time Traveler Embraces the Inevitable" expertly employs an age-old science fiction convention to tell a deeply human tale of love, loss, and desperate hope. Streaming our everyday lives has become commonplace, but in "Making Happy" Zandra Renwick examines a very uncommon consequence of broadcasting your every experience. Former Minnesota Viking and noted equal rights advocate Chris Kluwe's "The Machine" deals with one of the most important and hotly contested questions of the day: what truly defines citizenship and American identity? Nebula winner Sarah Pinsker's "That Our Flag Was Still There" uses possibly the most powerful symbol in American iconography to create a frightening and darkly illuminating vision of freedom of speech. NAACP Image Award winner for Outstanding Literary Work Steven Barnes offers up the consequences of integrating technology and surveillance into our daily lives with his detective story "The Last Adventure of Jack Laff: The Dayveil Gambit" And two dozen more of today's best authors offer If This Goes On, the science fiction future of today.

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