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Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas (WEST WORD FICTION)
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Description for Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas (WEST WORD FICTION)
Paperback. A fascinating sci-fi vision of America's most notorious city Editor(s): Pierce, Todd James; Keene, Jarret. Series: West Word Fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Las Vegas is considered a modern icon of excess. It offers every imaginable extreme of greed, pleasure, and despair, all supported by technology that enhances fantasy and allows residents and visitors alike to forget reality and responsibility. The authors of the fourteen stories in Dead Neon imagine Sin City in the near future, when excess has led to social, environmental, or economic collapse. Their stories range from futuristic casinos to the seared post-apocalyptic desert, from the struggle to survive in a repressive theocracy to the madness of living in a world where most life forms and all moral codes have ... Read more
Las Vegas is considered a modern icon of excess. It offers every imaginable extreme of greed, pleasure, and despair, all supported by technology that enhances fantasy and allows residents and visitors alike to forget reality and responsibility. The authors of the fourteen stories in Dead Neon imagine Sin City in the near future, when excess has led to social, environmental, or economic collapse. Their stories range from futuristic casinos to the seared post-apocalyptic desert, from the struggle to survive in a repressive theocracy to the madness of living in a world where most life forms and all moral codes have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874178289
SKU
V9780874178289
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About
Todd James Pierce is associate professor of English and creative writing at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He is a graduate of the MFA program at UC Irvine and the PhD program at Florida State University. Pierce is the author of several books, and his work has appeared in over 80 literary journals and magazines. ... Read more
Reviews for Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas (WEST WORD FICTION)
“This is an interesting and important book. It blends serious literary intentions with what have been typically called genre concerns to make a collection that really speaks to contemporary fears in our culture.” - Adam Johnson, author of Parasites Like Us ""As a collection of short stories, Dead Neon is thrilling, fantastic, and mysterious all at the same time. ... Read more