Karin Tidbeck

"A surreal and shockingly original debut novel set in a dystopian world shaped by language--literally. Vanja, a government worker, leaves her home city of Essre for the austere, wintry colony of Amatka on a research assignment. It takes some adjusting: people act differently in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja finds herself falling in love with her housemate, Nina, and decides to stick around. But when she stumbles on evidence of a growing threat to the colony and a cover-up by its administration, she begins an investigation that puts her at tremendous risk. In Karin Tidbeck's dystopic imagining, language has the power to shape reality. Unless objects, buildings, and the surrounding landscape are repeatedly named, and named properly, everything will fall apart. Trapped in the repressive colony, Vanja dreams of using language to break free, but her individualism may well threaten the very fabric of reality. Amatka is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic creation by an idiosyncratic new voice"--

Amatka

Annalee Newitz

Mary Robinette Kowal

Elizabeth Bear

John Chu

Seanan McGuire

E. Lily Yu

Laurie Penny

Kathleen Ann Goonan

Rivers Solomon

Carole Johnstone

Brenda Peynado

Rich Larson

S. L. Huang

JY Yang

Greg Egan

Christopher Rowe

Siobhan Carroll

Mimi Mondal

Erinn L. Kemper

KJ Kabza

Lis Mitchell

M. Evan MacGriogair

Silvia Park

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2019. Includes stories by: Elizabeth Bear Siobhan Carroll John Chu Greg Egan Kathleen Ann Goonan S. L. Huang Carole Johnstone KJ Kabza Erinn L. Kemper Mary Robinette Kowal Rich Larson M. Evan MacGriogir Seanan McGuire Lis Mitchell Mimi Mondal Annalee Newitz Silvia Park Laurie Penny Brenda Peynado Christopher Rowe Rivers Solomon Karin Tidbeck JY Yang E. Lily Yu At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Tor.com Original

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition

Stephen King

Edgar Allan Poe

John Ajvide Lindqvist

I den här asken samlas fyra skräcknoveller: En mörk fantasyhistoria där två ungdomar försvinner spårlöst under lucianatten. Två gamla vänners dolda hemlighet som mitt i den glittrande skärgårdsidyllen plötsligt gör sig påmind och hotar att ta livet av dem båda. En brutal berättelse om ett mord och människans förhållande till sin egen skuld. Och så den krypande obehagliga Stephen King-novellen där vi dras in en bisarr värld där allt kan hända. Eller har det kanske redan hänt?

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