Weinstein's collection is full of spot-on prose, wicked humor, and heart.
I had a copy of this when it was first published and loved it then. The stories suggest some alarming attitudes toward the place of technology in human's lives, especially regarding children. Like Black Mirror but with a bittersweet, melancholic heart.
You'll stay up all night reading it, and then cast about for the person you'll give it too so you can talk to them about it. Shop books, stationery, devices and other learning essentials. . O livro tem contos instigantes que fazem a imaginação voar longe.
Weinstein takes our uneasy truce with technology and blows it up, giving us child robots and ice worlds and the dark aftermath of failed revolutions.
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""[Weinstein's] stories look like SF--consider the childless couple living in a virtual-reality community whose child there is wiped out by a computer virus--but read like literary fiction. An extremely good collection of stories, especially if you have an interest in sci-fi with robots or futuristic technology. However, since it is about the Algerian War, if you look at it from a personal perspective (i.e.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Children of the New World : A Novel of the Algerian War (Women Writing the Middle East) Weinstein's eerie sci-fi collection--featuring adopted robot children and the addictive fictional memory industry--fills the void brilliantly. Grab a glass of wine, cancel the meeting tomorrow morning, and settle down with this book.
Apparently the print version has a key to the cast of characters, but I must have missed it in the kindle version. Excellent book of Short Stories.
In the vein of George Saunders, Rick Bass, and Alex Shakar, Weinstein writes with stirring particularity, unfailing sensitivity, and supercharged imagination, creating nuanced stories harboring a molten core of astutely satirical inquiries.
--"Seductive... the best of Mr. Weinstein’s stories whistle with a cockeyed, formidable intelligence, and he is not afraid to provoke….
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Children of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Weinstein bravely shows us the potential horrors and heartbreak of our future humanity -- the technological, ecological, and human -- and when you discover yourself staring back at you in this exquisitely dark mirror, you just might weep. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed.
Weinstein is brilliant, incisive and fearless, and I expect to be reading his work for years to come.
Don't let anyone tell you these stories aren't real.
This is mind-bending stuff. After meeting the author at a book signing, I love it even more. Through the events of the day described in Children of the New World, a new order emerges from a jumble of perceptions—a hopeful revolution that will create a nation of free souls . The ‘Pyramid and the Ass’ reminds me of Orwells’s ‘1984’ and the hopelessness of Revolution in a technological future. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
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