{"product_id":"if-wishes-were-obfuscation-codes-and-other-stories-9781734154993","title":"If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Electric Resurrection. Born again perfection. The six-zero correction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the last decade, Malon Edwards has been spinning out a world where humans have conquered death but still haven't bothered to take care of the living. Where resurrection is the ultimate commodity-if you're rich enough, powerful enough, and white enough to buy in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e collects 10 cyberpunk dispatches, including a brand-new, epic rap novella. On offer is a guided tour of an independent Chicago, a beacon of Black excellence that is done with the ever-hostile State of Illinois showing its ass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour guides are a little rough around the edges: hackers and assassins, thieves and grieving parents, elders and teenagers. Don't fret. These people will take good care of you, so long as you mind yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Sovereign State of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for the collection\u003cp\u003e\"If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes brings us deep into a world that Edwards has been building for years, a steampunk future where gynoid replacements of loved ones are sparingly doled out by corporate interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories form a kaleidoscopic look at grief, love, community, and privilege. Edwards' fine-grained worldbuilding opens space for both love stories and horror stories, dystopias and punk-edged urban rebellions. Every angle poses new questions and suggests different conclusions, each one rich with Edwards' particular brand of Haitian-Chicagoian Afrofuturist society. The end result doesn't feel like a short story collection; it feels like a picture being described by a dozen strangers, each with their own view, and the results are beautiful.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cem\u003eCharlotte Ashley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malon Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fireside Fiction Company LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734154993","brand":"Fireside Fiction Company LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40983377969267,"sku":"9.78173E+12","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5c461c5b-4514-434d-80d8-f542ea2c8176.jpg?v=1696518477","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/if-wishes-were-obfuscation-codes-and-other-stories-9781734154993","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}