The Future Is Blue

The Future Is Blue

Subterranean Press is thrilled to present a major new collection from one of the most dazzling, distinctive voices in the literary world. Catherynne M. Valente, theÂ New York TimesÂ bestselling and multiple-award-winning author ofÂ The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own MakingÂ and other acclaimed novels, now brings readers fifteen stories unlike any others.

In the title story, Theodore Sturgeon Award-winning novelette â€œThe Future Is Blue,â€ an outcast girl named Tetley lives on floating Garbagetown, in a world that dreams of the long lost land. Lovecraftâ€™s Cthulhu mythos is explored and reinvented in style in â€œDown and Out in Râ€™lyeh.â€ In the novelette â€œThe Limitless Perspective of Master Peek, or, the Luminescence of Debauchery,â€ Perpetua masquerades as a man in order to continue her fatherâ€™s business as a glassblower and must fashion a special eye for a queen. And in â€œThe Beasts Who Fought for Fairyland Until the Very End and Further Still,â€ the wyvern A-Through-L, the warrior Green Wind and his giant cat the Leopard of Little Breezes cope with their broken-hearted disappointment over politicks as the evil Marquess ascends to rule.Â

Of her previous collection,Â The Bread We Eat in Dreams, theÂ New York TimesÂ said, â€œValenteâ€™s writing DNA is full of fable, fairy tale and myth drawn from deep wells worldwide.â€ WithÂ The Future Is BlueÂ she continues to build and invent unforgettable worlds and characters with lyrical abandon, creating stories that feel old and new at once.

The Future Is BlueÂ also includes three never-before-printed stories, for almost 30,000 words of work exclusive to this collection: â€œMajor Tom,â€ â€œTwo and Two Is Seven,â€ and the long novelette â€œFlame, Pearl, Mother, Autumn, Virgin, Sword, Kiss, Blood, Heart, and Grave.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Subterranean Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-07-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Subterranean Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-07-31
Format	Kindle eBook

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