Gathers stories set in London, Cambodia, and other places during various periods including the future, that include a ghost story, a look at a society where health care is unattainable, and a tale of a boy and his robot surrogate mother.

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Ryman, Geoff.

Peapod Press

Jelly Ink

1st ed., Easthampton, MA, Massachusetts, 2011

Lightning Source (Tier 4), Northampton, 2011

United States, United States of America

First edition, US, 2011

Geoff Ryman writes about the other and leaves us dissected in the process. His stories are set in recognizable placesLondon, Cambodia, tomorrowand feature men and women caught in recognizable situations (or technologies) and not sure which way to turn. They, we, should obviously choose what's right. But what if that's difficult? What will we do? What we should, or . . . ?
Paradise Tales builds on the success of his most recent novel, The King's Last Song , and on the three Cambodian stories included here, "The Last Ten Years of the Hero Kai," "Blocked," and the exceedingly-popular "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter." Paradise Tales includes stories selected from the many periods of Rymans career including Birth Days, Omnisexual, The Film-makers of Mars, and a new story, K is for Kosovo (or, Massimos Career).
To complement this first full-length short story collection, Small Beer Press is reprinting Ryman's backlist: Was , The Child Garden , and a book of four novellas, The Unconquered Countries , with new introductions to continue to build the readership of one of the most fascinating writers exploring the edges of being, gender, science, and fiction.
Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels The King's Last Song , The Child Garden , Air (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and The Unconquered Country (a World Fantasy Award winner). Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.

Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter, A Cambodian Ghost Story, And The Last Ten Years In The Life Of Hero Kai, A Samurai-style Narrative, Have The Delicacy Of Asian Folktales Or Lyrical Fantasies. By Contrast, V.a.o., About A Future Society Destabilized By Prohibitively Expensive Health Care, And The Film-makers Of Mars, Which Suggests That Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter Stories Were Drawn From Life, Are Set In Futures That Credibly Extrapolate Current Scientific And Cultural Trends. The Film-makers Of Mars -- The Last Ten Years In The Life Of Hero Kai -- Birth Days -- Vao -- The Future Of Science Fiction -- Omnisexual -- Home -- Warmth -- Everywhere -- No Bad Thing -- Talk Is Cheap -- Days Of Wonder -- You -- K Is For Kosovo (or, Massimo's Career) -- Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter -- Blocked. Geoff Ryman.

A collection that ranges from present-day Cambodia to the far future: this is science fiction and fantasy with a heart.

2022-12-23