{"product_id":"the-child-garden-a-low-comedy-9781931520287","title":"The Child Garden: A Low Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exuberant celebration of excess set in a resource-poor but defiantly energetic twenty-first century.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A richly absorbing tale--with a marvelous premise expertly carried out.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent. . . . Dark and witty and full of love, closely observed, and sprinkled with astonishing ideas. Science fiction of a very high order.\"--Greg Bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most imaginative accounts of futuristic bioengineering since Greg Bear's \u003ci\u003eBlood Music\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future London, humans photosynthesize, organics have replaced electronics, viruses educate people, and very few live past forty. But Milena is resistant to the viruses. She's alone until she meets Rolfa, a huge, hirsute Genetically Engineered Polar Woman, and Milena realizes she might, just might, be able to find a place for herself after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe King's Last Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir\u003c\/i\u003e (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and \u003ci\u003eThe Unconquered Country \u003c\/i\u003e(a World Fantasy Award winner), and the collection \u003ci\u003eParadise Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyman, Geoff:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels The King's Last Song, Was, Air (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and The Unconquered Country (a World Fantasy Award winner), and the collection Paradise Tales. Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.","brand":"Small Beer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50364095725842,"sku":"9781931520287","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7101088b-98cf-4d03-af5f-168bbc8d5cd1.jpg?v=1728426611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-child-garden-a-low-comedy-9781931520287","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}