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Interior Chinatown
A Novel
by Charles Yu
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2020 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Nov 2020
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-94847-2, ISBN: 0-307-94847-1






Sorry Please Thank You(Reprint)
Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Charles Yu
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2013 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-94846-5, ISBN: 0-307-94846-3

"The author of the widely praised debut novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe returns with a hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly original collection of short stories.Look for Charles Yu’s new novel, Interior Chinatown, available in January.  A big-box store employee is confronted by a zombie during the graveyard shift, a problem that pales in comparison to his inability to ask a coworker out on a date . . . A fighter ..."






How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
A Novel (Vintage)
by Charles Yu
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-73945-2, ISBN: 0-307-73945-7

"Lev Grossman Reviews How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Lev Grossman is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Magicians. Read his review of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: The science-fictional universe in question in this marvel of a novel is Minor Universe 31 (MU31). It's something of a second-rate universe, having been left unfinished by whoever was constructing it--the laws o ..."






Third Class Superhero(1st Edition)
by Charles Yu
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Mariner Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603081-6, ISBN: 0-15-603081-0

"“A compulsively readable collection” of short fiction from the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Publishers Weekly). With deadpan humor and originality, Charles Yu spins Kafkaesque tales of modern identity and insecurity in this whip-smart debut. In 401(k), a couple living in the Luxury Car Commercial subdivision are disappointed when their exotic vacation turns into a Life Insurance/Asset Management pitch. T ..."






An Old Testament Theology
An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach
by Bruce K. Waltke, Charles Yu
Hardcover, 1,040 Pages, Published 2007 by Zondervan
ISBN-13: 978-0-310-21897-5, ISBN: 0-310-21897-7

"The Old Testament is more than a religious history of the nation of Israel. It is more than a portrait gallery of heroes of the faith. It is even more than a theological and prophetic backdrop to the New Testament. Beyond these, the Old Testament is inspired revelation of the very nature, character, and works of God. As renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke writes in the preface of this book, the Old Testament’s every sentence is ..."






A People's Future of the United States(1st Edition)
Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
by Victor Lavalle, John Joseph Adams, Charlie Jane Anders, Charles Yu, Lesley Nneka Arimah
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2019 by One World
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-50880-9, ISBN: 0-525-50880-5

"A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and imagine new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more. In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many people are angry, frightened, and hurting. Knowing that imagining a brighter tomorrow has always been an act of resistance, editors Victor LaValle and J ..."






Interior Chinatown
A Novel
by Charles Yu
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2020 by Pantheon
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-90719-6, ISBN: 0-307-90719-8

""One of the funniest books of the year has arrived, a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." —The Washington Post"Fresh and beautiful . . . Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition.” —Jeff VanderMeer, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply ..."






Sorry Please Thank You(1st Edition)
by Charles Yu
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2012 by Pantheon
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-90717-2, ISBN: 0-307-90717-1

"The author of the widely praised debut novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe returns with a hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly original collection of short stories. A big-box store employee is confronted by a zombie during the graveyard shift, a problem that pales in comparison to his inability to ask a coworker out on a date . . . A fighter leads his band of virtual warriors, thieves, and wizards across a deadly c ..."






How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe(1st Edition)
A Novel
by Charles Yu
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Pantheon
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37920-7, ISBN: 0-307-37920-5

"Lev Grossman Reviews How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Lev Grossman is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Magicians. Read his review of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: The science-fictional universe in question in this marvel of a novel is Minor Universe 31 (MU31). It's something of a second-rate universe, having been left unfinished by whoever was constructing it--the laws o ..."






The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017(1st Edition)
(The Best American Series ®)
by Charles Yu, John Joseph Adams, Adams/Yu, Mariner Books
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2017 by Mariner Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-97398-5, ISBN: 0-544-97398-4

""This volume showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates its current renaissance." - Washington Post Science fiction and fantasy can encompass so much, from far-future deep-space sagas to quiet contemporary tales to unreal kingdoms and beasts. But what the best of these stories do is the same across the genres-they illuminate the whole gamut of the human experience, interrogating our hopes and ..."






Interior Chinatown
Winner of the National Book Awards 2020 (Paperback)
by Charles Yu
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2020 by Europa Editions Uk Ltd Nov 2020
ISBN-13: 978-1-78770-257-8, ISBN: 1-78770-257-X

"Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more. Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet."






How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Handbuch für Zeitreisende, englische Ausgabe
by Charles Yu
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Corvus
ISBN-13: 978-1-84887-682-8, ISBN: 1-84887-682-3

"With only TAMMY - a slightly tearful computer with self-esteem issues - a software boss called Phil - Microsoft Middle Manager 3.0 - and an imaginary dog called Ed for company, fixing time machines is a lonely business and Charles Yu is stuck in a rut. He's spent the better part of a decade navel-gazing, spying on 39 different versions of himself in alternate universes (and discovered that 35 of them are total jerks). And he's kind of f ..."






Watchlist
by Charles Yu, Cory Doctorow, Etgar Keret, Robert Coover, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Juan Pablo Villalobos, Aimee Bender, Alissa Nutting, Chika Unigwe, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Bryan Hurt
Paperback, 372 Pages, Published 2015 by Or Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-939293-77-0, ISBN: 1-939293-77-4

"Threats known and unknown. Etgar Keret. Robert Coover. Aimee Bender. Jim Shepard. Alissa Nutting. Charles Yu. Cory Doctorow. Randa Jarrar. Katherine Karlin. Miracle Jones. Mark Irwin. T. Coraghessan Boyle. Dale Peck. Bonnie Nadzam. Lucy Corin. Chika Unigwe. Footsteps in the night. Paul Di Filippo. Lincoln Michel. Dana Johnson. Mark Chiusano. Juan Pablo Villalobos. Chanelle Benz. Sean Bernard. Kelly Luce. Zhang Ran. Miles Klee. Carmen Ma ..."






Third Class Superhero
by Charles Yu
Hardcover, 186 Pages, Published 2006 by Harvest Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-31254-8, ISBN: 0-544-31254-6

"Charles Yu experiments with form and genre to explore the stories we tell ourselves while navigating contemporary life. In "Third Class Superhero," a would- be good guy must come to terms with the darkness in his heart. A couple living in the Luxury Car Commercial subdivision in "401(k)" are disappointed when their exotic vacation turns into a Life Insurance/Asset Management pitch. The author struggles to write the definitive biography ..."






Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms
(Hardback)
by Tobias S. Buckell, James L. Cambias, Becky Chambers, Kate Elliott, C.C. Finlay, Jeffrey Ford, Theodora Goss, Darcie Little Badger, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan Mcguire, An Owomoyela, Dexter Palmer, Cadwell Turnbull, Genevieve Valentine, Carrie Vaughn, Charles Yu, E. Lily Yu
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2022 by Grim Oak Press, United States
ISBN-13: 978-1-944145-79-8, ISBN: 1-944145-79-6

"Featuring new tales by today's masters of SF&F: Tobias S. Buckell James L. Cambias Becky Chambers Kate Elliott C.C. Finlay Jeffrey Ford Theodora Goss Darcie Little Badger Jonathan Maberry Seanan McGuire An Owomoyela Dexter Palmer Cadwell ..."






Interior Chinatown
A Novel
by Charles Yu
288 Pages, Published 2020 by Pantheon
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-90720-2, ISBN: 0-307-90720-1

"Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes--Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet."






From a Certain Point of View
The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
by Seth Dickinson, Kiersten White, Hank Green, Martha Wells, Rebecca F. Kuang, Mark Oshiro, Emily Skrutskie, Michael Moreci, Tom Angleberger, Sarwat Chadda, S. A. Chakraborty, Mike Chen, Adam Christopher, Katie Cook, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Tracy Deonn, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Rob Hart, Lydia Kang, Michael Kogge, Mackenzi Lee, John Jackson Miller, Daniel José Older, Beth Revis, Lilliam Rivera, Cavan Scott, Karen Strong, Anne Toole, Catherynne M. Valente, Austin Walker, Django Wexler, Brittany N. Williams, Jim Zub, C. B. Lee, Amy Ratcliffe, Gary Whitta, Charles Yu
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2020 by Del Rey
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-15774-9, ISBN: 0-593-15774-5

""Celebrate the legacy of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with this exciting reimagining of the timeless film featuring new perspectives from forty acclaimed authors"--"






A People's Future of the United States
Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
by Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor Lavalle, John Joseph Adams
432 Pages, Published 2019 by One World
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-50881-6, ISBN: 0-525-50881-3

"She lives with her husband, kid, cat, and dog in Pennsylvania. She is the author of the novels Vengeance Bound, Promise of Shadows, and Dread Nation, a New York Times bestselling novel. She is–with Troy L. Wiggins—the editor of FIYAH, ..."






How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by Charles Yu
ISBN-13: 978-1-4498-3489-0, ISBN: 1-4498-3489-2






The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2017
by John Joseph Adams, Charles Yu
384 Pages, Published 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-98067-9, ISBN: 0-544-98067-0

"... to avoid being turned into a toad, and shortly thereafter the clerk carried a packet of pins and three vials of lavender oil the three heathery miles from the chandler's shop to the hut on Orion Waste. The white-haired crone who lived in the hut opened the door, took the basket, and looked the clerk up and down. She spat out a small object and said, “You will do.” “I beg your pardon?” “I have a proposition for you,” the crone s ..."



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