Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

by Kelly Robson

Overview

"Brilliantly structured . . . with a delicious tension carefully developed among the wonderful characters." —The New York Times

Experience this far-reaching, mind-bending science fiction adventure that uses time travel to merge climate fiction with historical fantasy. From Kelly Robson, Aurora Award winner, Campbell, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon finalist, and author of Waters of Versailles

Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined planet or luxuriate in a less tainted past.

In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity's ancestral habitat. She's spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately the kind of long-term restoration projects Minh works on have been stalled due to the invention of time travel. When she gets the opportunity take a team to 2000 BC to survey the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, she jumps at the chance to uncover the secrets of the shadowy think tank that controls time travel technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250163851
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/13/2018
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 16.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kelly Robson lives in downtown Toronto with her wife, writer A.M. Dellamonia. Her novelette “A Human Stain” won the Nebula Award, and her time travel adventure Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach won the Aurora Award and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus Awards. Kelly’s first short story collection Alias Space and Other Stories was published in 2021. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.

Editorial Reviews

…a brilliantly structured far-future novella focused on ancient history…The story's poles are past and future, sky and earth; everything in between thrums with a delicious tension carefully developed among the wonderful characters…Robson's world-building is fantastic; I'm always grateful for books that fold business and finance systems into their narratives in lively ways.

The New York Times Book Review - Amal El-Mohtar

"Brilliantly structured . . . with a delicious tension carefully developed among the wonderful characters." —The New York Times

“Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach is a tour-de-force, with nuanced characters in a masterfully conceived world of stunning, mind-bending eco-tech. Absolutely brilliant storytelling. I didn’t want it to end.” —Annalee Newitz, co-founder of io9 and author of Autonomous

“The far future, the distant past. Time travel, bioengineering, office politics— and ecological consulting. How could I not love this?” —Peter Watts, author of Echopraxia

“A necessary meditation on the nature of change and the sacrifice required to manifest it, Robson's novella pulls no punches, spares no rods, and leaves no idea unexamined.” —Madeline Ashby, author of Company Town

“Rich, nuanced characters, deeply compelling story, and a powerfully conceived world make Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach one of the best novellas of recent times.” —Jonathan Strahan

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