Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep [Free sampler]
Author | : Jonas Larsson |
Publisher | : Affront |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2015-04-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789187585333 |
ISBN-13 | : 9187585332 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This free e-book features two short stories from Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep, as well as one bonus story exclusive to the sampler. Contents "Punch Card Horses" – Jonas Larsson "Vegatropolis – City of the Beautiful" – Ingrid Remvall Bonus story: "The White Ones" – Boel Bermann Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep 26 short stories from the new wave of Swedish speculative fiction writers. Forget about cheap furniture, meatballs and crime fiction. Sweden has so much more to offer. Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep contains twenty-six stories from the new generation of Swedish writers of science fiction and the fantastic. Stories ranging from space horror and post-apocalyptic nightmares to tender dramas. Stories with steampunk horses, android uprisings and cheeky goblins. Stories that are action-packed, wise, silly, beautiful, surreal and horrifying.