{"product_id":"fold-catastrophes-peter-watts-9781616964672","title":"Fold Catastrophes","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience fiction award-winner, flesh-eating bacteria survivor, and somewhat questionably convicted felon Peter Watts returns with this long-awaited short fiction collection. Including an unpublished work, Watts posits unlimited brain-computer interfaces, the possibility of life existing inside stars, the hacking of human behavior, and ecological collapse. (Also, the healing power of revenge.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if a weaponized water supply reprograms pattern recognition in the brain, provoking violent rage at the sight of the Google logo. Or an accidental hive-mind creates a global agenda to resurrect itself in the scant seconds between its emergence and dissolution? A steroidal jump gate-building ship attempts to survive passage through a red-giant sun by hiding inside an ice-giant planet. When \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e is trying to colonize the sun, humans try to stop it. Spoiler alert: Nobody comes off very well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his newest short fiction, alongside an introduction by Richard Morgan, Watts (\u003ci\u003eThe Freeze-Frame Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e) reserves whatever hope he has for whatever comes after humans. In light of his stories and recent events, it is difficult to fault that assessment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616964677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616964672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Peter Watts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440822563071,"sku":"9781616964672","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1090333-faa1-4e92-ad85-d52aaa698c05.jpg?v=1777186894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fold-catastrophes-peter-watts-9781616964672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}