{"product_id":"the-ant-king-benjamin-rosenbaum-9781931520539","title":"The Ant King: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Rosenbaum's \u003ci\u003eThe Ant King and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e contains invisible cities and playful deconstructions of the form. In \"Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, With Air-Planes, ' by Benjamin Rosenbaum\"--yes, his name is part of the title--the author imagines a world whose technologies and philosophies differ wildly from ours. The result is a commentary on the state of the art that is itself the state of the art.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Books of 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* \"Give him some prizes, like, perhaps, \"best first collection\" for this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred review, Top 10 SF Books of the Year)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Featuring outlandish and striking imagery throughout--a woman in love with an elephant, an orange that ruled the world--this collection is a surrealistic wonderland.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rosenbaum proves he's capable of sustained fantasy with \"Biographical Notes,\" a steampunkish alternate history of aerial piracy, and \"A Siege of Cranes,\" a fantasy about a battle between a human insurgent and the White Witch that carries decidedly modern undercurrents.... Perhaps none of the tales is odder than \"Orphans,\" in which girl-meets-elephant, girl-loses-elephant.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Urbane without being arch, sweet without being maudlin, mysterious without being cryptic.\"--Cory Doctorow, \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lively, bizarre, and funny as well as dark, sinister, and sensual.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dazzling, postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions: a writer of alternate histories defends his patron's zeppelin against assassins and pirates; a woman transforms into hundreds of gumballs; an emancipated children's collective goes house hunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, been translated into fourteen languages, and listed in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2006\u003c\/i\u003e. Shortlisted for the Hugo and Nebula awards, Rosenbaum's work has been reprinted in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Switzerland with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Rosenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931520534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931520539\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 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/23\/2008 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2008 pg. 673\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 52","brand":"Benjamin Rosenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991200366847,"sku":"9781931520539","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9a3d3ba-c9d9-4272-8c31-a0adbab01092.jpg?v=1683309016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ant-king-benjamin-rosenbaum-9781931520539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}