Title: Paradise tales /
Authors: Ryman, Geoff
Publisher: Small Beer Press ; Distributed to the trade by Consortium,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Choice (Psychology) Fiction.
Abstract: "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter," a Cambodian ghost story, and "The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai," a samurai-style narrative, have the delicacy of Asian folktales or lyrical fantasies. By contrast, "V.A.O.," about a future society destabilized by prohibitively expensive health care, and "The Film-makers of Mars," which suggests that Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter stories were drawn from life, are set in futures that credibly extrapolate current scientific and cultural trends.
Contents: The film-makers of Mars -- The last ten years in the life of Hero Kai -- Birth days -- VAO -- The future of science fiction -- Omnisexual -- Home -- Warmth -- Everywhere -- No bad thing -- Talk is cheap -- Days of wonder -- You -- K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo's career) -- Pol Pot's beautiful daughter -- Blocked.