Юмористическая фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Юмористическая фантастикаDifficult People
Manipulators and liars, egomaniacs, bullies, interrupters, condescenders, ice queens, backstabbers, hypocrites, withholders, belligerents, self-deceivers, whiners, know-it-alls, nitpickers: these are some of the characters you’ll encounter in Difficult People , a collection of stories that investigates and celebrates difficult people (and some animals). As these characters fumble through their quests for YouTube fame, stand-up glory, romantic love, stable employment or anyone who can tolerate them, they reveal that we are all, in our own ways, difficult people. Praise for Catriona Wright’s recent book of poetry, Table Manners : “… a baroque feast of juicy diction and inventive wordplay that explores food as social ritual and slippery signifier of desire.” —Barb Carey, The Toronto Star “Deft, dark, and unflinching, Catriona Wright’s work is stand-up comedy for the mind.” —Emily Schultz, author of The Blondes “If you've ever Instagrammed your lunch, or directed distain toward somebody who has, this is the book for you. The poems are vivid, surprising, and pretty much devourable.” —Kerry Clare, 49 th Shelf “Tightly woven and elaborate in their conceit, the poems in Table Manners linger both on the mind and palate.” —Gillian Sze, Montreal Review of Books
Stranger on Lesbos
Revival of successful FP series, back by popular demand!"Mad Men"-era melodrama captures the time of men in gray flannel suits, alienated housewives, and the allure of urban subcultures to the newly suburban set.From Valerie Taylor, one of the first women to write lesbian pulp and a founding figure of the lesbian writing world.Vivid depiction of the subterranean, pre-Stonewall lesbian bar scene, representing a piece of alternative women’s and LGBT history.Pulp Studies in colleges and universities has blossomed in the past ten years, especially in relation to literature and gender theory.
Help Wanted: Female
So there was all that: the ordinary twill of life; the ho-hum sturm und drang of the workplace: the ubiquitous absurdities, the annoying co-workers, the bloody deadlines and even bloodier bottom lines; the bland, eternal, Sisyphean, absolute, unrelenting, surreal certainty of the day-in-and-day-out of it all. Life as a slice of white bread, moistened with spit and rolled into a messy glob, a doughy ball that couldn’t make the slightest dent in the iron gates of life. But then, suddenly, on August 27, 2002, all that changed. Suddenly, Rae-Jean’s uneventful life began to leaven and swell with hypotheticals. 'What if' grabbed a hold of it and pumped it a few times in its death grip. The world in Sara Pritchard's book is a known world and yet a strange place, with a cast of homeless characters who wander in and out of the stories of the collection, all set in the same university town. The linked stories take place during the time when gender discrimination in the American workplace was blatant, and when classified ads were labeled «male» or «female» accordingly. Sara Pritchard is the author of the novel-in-stories Crackpots, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and the critically acclaimed linked-story collection Lately. She's lived in West Virginia for over thirty years and teaches in the Wilkes University Low-Residency MA/MFA Creative Writing Program.
Fire in the Firefly
A wicked Richleresque satire about a charismatic advertising executive and the three beautiful women who turn his life upside down. Julius Roebuck is the creative director of a successful ad agency, husband to the headstrong Anne, and father to three lively children. He is also the attentive lover of a poet named Lily. When his wife’s beautiful friend Yasmin announces her plan to get pregnant and describes him as the perfect sperm donor, Julius is startled at first. Then he decides that if she wants his DNA, she must also want him . Julius would have no trouble hopping into bed with Yasmin, but more children are out of the question. When he has a secret vasectomy to ensure there are no mistakes, his already-complicated life spirals out of control … Fire in the Firefly is a wickedly funny satire about love, relationships, and the perennial war between the sexes.
Stopgap
A dark comedy about the afterlife and a gritty fantasy that grapples with big ethical questions A fictional answer to the question: What would it take to prevent violent crime? What would a crime-free world really look like? Controversial story ripped from contemporary headlines of terrorism and violence Stands apart from other supernatural novels by taking the reader on a journey through the main characters’ process of becoming ghosts
Грязная настойка
Если залить грязное бельё водой и добавить туда дрожжи – в принципе, получится не так уж плохо. Для подготовки обложки издания использована художественная работа автора.
Перемещение Планеты
Молодой ученый Ричард Тейлор живет в пригороде небольшого города Ватерфолл-сити, из-за своих шумных научных экспериментов постоянно конфликтует с соседом – отставным сержантом Скоттом и его подругой Кэти. Друзья, бывшие сокурсники Джордж и Мона, уговаривают Ричарда отвлечься от работы и отдохнуть в Египте, где Ричард из любопытства у местного продавца-араба покупает странный предмет. Продавец уверяет, что этот предмет взят в гробнице фараона еще его прадедом. Вернувшись в Америку, Ричард обнаруживает, что таинственный предмет не что иное, как инопланетный аппарат по перемещению людей и неодушевленных предметов на другие планеты и обратно. Приключения начинаются с того, Ричард по стечению обстоятельств отправляет Скотта, Кэти и своих друзей – корреспондента Рональда Митчелла, Джорджа и Мону – на совершенно разные загадочные планеты – Смешную планету, планету Хищников, Миррион и планету Три-Лет. Удастся ли им вернуться на Землю? Обложка – рисунок Александра Шарипова.
