Description

This avant-garde anthology that identifies and provides the New Weird—a hip, stylistic misinformation that evokes the exuberance of pulp books and penny-store comedian books—creates a new literature that's totally persuasive and completely unprecedented. Building a range of expertise, this selection contains benefits from visionaries Michael Moorcock and China Miéville, contemporary image Clive Barker, and audacious fresh skills Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, and Sarah Monette. An important overview of the lively motion in popular fiction, this anthology also features crucial documents from advocates, writers, and worldwide publishers in addition to amusing choices from on-line discussions.