Out There
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Description
FROM THE AUTHOR OF SKY DADDY
Uncanny, creepy and off-kilter'
Daily Mail
'For readers who consider body horror to be a love language'
New York Times
'Captures the lunacy of the moment we're living through'
San Francisco Chronicle
A woman uses dating apps to find a partner, despite the threat posed by 'blots', artificial men more interested in stealing data than dating. A sculptor, trapped in a skyscraper restaurant when a violent coup erupts below, creates a perfect model of the town as it is destroyed. A curtain of void obliterates the world at a steady pace, leaving one woman to decide with whom she wants to spend eternity.
Haunting and darkly inventive, the stories in Out There deftly combine science fiction and horror to uncover an unforgettable vision of the absurdity of life in the digital age.
'The literary love child of Kafka and Camus and Bradbury penning episodes of Black Mirror' Chang-Rae Lee, author of Native Speaker
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I'm not always the biggest fan of short story collections and I don't always like weird stories. With this one it was a mixed bag - some stories were fascinating and shocking to me and I really enjoyed reading them and some were just to weird for my taste or I got the feeling that I didn't get them. Faves: Out There, Shelter, The Bone Yard, Big Sur
Average Rating of 3 ⭐️ My favorite story from the collection was „Out There“ but I’m sad there wasn’t any 5 ⭐️ for me. Nearly all of the stories are set in the SF Bay Area and I really loved that. I wouldn’t widely recommend this collection. There are some intriguing ideas but it overall was a bit over my desired weirdness level. The audiobook narrator changes with every story but they all did a good job. „Out There“ 4/5 ⭐️ „The Last Woman On Earth“ 3.5/5 ⭐️ „Heart Seeks Brain“ 3/5 ⭐️ „The Void Wife“ 3/5 ⭐️ „Shelter“ 4/5 ⭐️ „The Head in the Floor“ 3/5 ⭐️ „Tahoe“ 3/5 ⭐️ „The Bone Ward“ 3.5/5 ⭐️ „Doe Eyes“ 2.5/5 ⭐️ „The House’s Beating Heart“ 2.5/5 ⭐️ „A Scale Model of Gull Point“ 3.5/5 ⭐️ „Dating a Somnambulist“ 2/5 ⭐️ „Moist House“ 2.5 /5 ⭐️ „The Turkey Rumble“ 3 /5 ⭐️ „Big Sur“ No Rating (DNF)
Description
FROM THE AUTHOR OF SKY DADDY
Uncanny, creepy and off-kilter'
Daily Mail
'For readers who consider body horror to be a love language'
New York Times
'Captures the lunacy of the moment we're living through'
San Francisco Chronicle
A woman uses dating apps to find a partner, despite the threat posed by 'blots', artificial men more interested in stealing data than dating. A sculptor, trapped in a skyscraper restaurant when a violent coup erupts below, creates a perfect model of the town as it is destroyed. A curtain of void obliterates the world at a steady pace, leaving one woman to decide with whom she wants to spend eternity.
Haunting and darkly inventive, the stories in Out There deftly combine science fiction and horror to uncover an unforgettable vision of the absurdity of life in the digital age.
'The literary love child of Kafka and Camus and Bradbury penning episodes of Black Mirror' Chang-Rae Lee, author of Native Speaker
Book Information
Posts
I'm not always the biggest fan of short story collections and I don't always like weird stories. With this one it was a mixed bag - some stories were fascinating and shocking to me and I really enjoyed reading them and some were just to weird for my taste or I got the feeling that I didn't get them. Faves: Out There, Shelter, The Bone Yard, Big Sur
Average Rating of 3 ⭐️ My favorite story from the collection was „Out There“ but I’m sad there wasn’t any 5 ⭐️ for me. Nearly all of the stories are set in the SF Bay Area and I really loved that. I wouldn’t widely recommend this collection. There are some intriguing ideas but it overall was a bit over my desired weirdness level. The audiobook narrator changes with every story but they all did a good job. „Out There“ 4/5 ⭐️ „The Last Woman On Earth“ 3.5/5 ⭐️ „Heart Seeks Brain“ 3/5 ⭐️ „The Void Wife“ 3/5 ⭐️ „Shelter“ 4/5 ⭐️ „The Head in the Floor“ 3/5 ⭐️ „Tahoe“ 3/5 ⭐️ „The Bone Ward“ 3.5/5 ⭐️ „Doe Eyes“ 2.5/5 ⭐️ „The House’s Beating Heart“ 2.5/5 ⭐️ „A Scale Model of Gull Point“ 3.5/5 ⭐️ „Dating a Somnambulist“ 2/5 ⭐️ „Moist House“ 2.5 /5 ⭐️ „The Turkey Rumble“ 3 /5 ⭐️ „Big Sur“ No Rating (DNF)