{"product_id":"fountain-of-age-nancy-kress-9781931520454","title":"Fountain of Age: Stories","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine new stories from a long-time star of the science fiction field including the Hugo Award winner \"The Erdmann Nexus\" and Nebula Award winner \"The Fountain of Age.\" These stories have been reprinted in \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest of the Web\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKress unpacks the future the way DNA investigators unravelled the double helix: one gene at a time. In many of these stories gene sculpting is illegal yet commonplace and the effects range between slow catastrophe (\"End Game\"), cosmic (\"First Rites\"), and tragic (\"Safeguard\"). Then there's the morning when Rochester disappears and Jenny has to rely on \"The Kindness of Strangers.\" There's Jill, who is kidnapped by aliens and trying to learn the \"Laws of Survival.\" And there's Hope, whose Grandma is regretting the world built \"By Fools Like Me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Kress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931520453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931520454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Small Beer Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.59w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2012 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 104","brand":"Nancy Kress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937511080191,"sku":"9781931520454","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ba2ebcfb-4820-494c-954a-b0099ab0af14.jpg?v=1681430500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fountain-of-age-nancy-kress-9781931520454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}