James Patrick Kelly is known for finding the future unnervingly nearby, and he enters with his deep empathy and dry humor at the ready.
Our Outspoken Interview and a bibliography round out this long-awaited new collection.. "The Best Christmas Ever" is celebrated by sims and droids instead of the usual jolly elves.
Two short plays render alien invasion terrifyingly mundane and death annoyingly impermanent.
In "Itsy Bitsy Spider" a disappointed woman\'s robotic girlhood takes her by the hand and leads her back to the destiny that eluded her.
In the title story, a college acid trip becomes a window into an unexpected and apparently unavoidable future.
A longtime favorite of SF readers is at the top of his game here.
James Patrick Kelly is known for finding the future unnervingly nearby, and he enters with his deep empathy and dry humor at the ready
