Interior Chinatown A Novel by CharlesYu 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 CharlesYu 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 ..."
"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 CharlesYu 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, CharlesYu 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 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 CharlesYu 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 CharlesYu 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 ..."
"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 ..."
""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 CharlesYu 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."
"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 ..."
"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 CharlesYu 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 ..."
"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 CharlesYu 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."
""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"--"
"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, ..."
"... 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 ..."