{"product_id":"9780698141698","title":"The Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[A] vivid portrait of a world gone insane,”* S. M. Stirling’s \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling Novels of the Change have depicted a vivid, utterly persuasive, and absorbingly unpredictable postapocalyptic wasteland in which all modern technology has been left in ashes, forcing humankind to rebuild an unknowable new world in the wake of unimaginable—and deliberate—chaos. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, in this startling new anthology, S. M. Stirling invites the most fertile minds in science fiction to join him in expanding his rich Emberverse canvas. Here are inventive new perspectives on the cultures, the survivors, and the battles arising across the years and across the globe following the Change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his all-new story “Hot Night at the Hopping Toad,” Stirling returns to his own continuing saga of the High Kingdom of Montival. In the accompanying stories are fortune seekers, voyagers, and dangers—from the ruins of Sydney to the Republic of Fargo and Northern Alberta to Venetian and Greek galleys clashing in the Mediterranean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese new adventures revisit beloved people and places from Stirling’s fantastic universe, introduce us to new ones, and deliver endlessly fascinating challenges to conquer, all while unfolding in a “postapocalyptic landscape that illuminates both the best and the worst of which our species is capable,”** “a world you can see, feel, and touch.” ***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors to \u003ci\u003eThe Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth\u003c\/i\u003e Include\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: The Change as Setting and Secondary World\u003c\/i\u003e by S. M. Stirling\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHot Night at the Hopping Toad\u003c\/i\u003e by S. M. Stirling\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRate of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e by A. M. Dellamonica\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTight Spot\u003c\/i\u003e by Kier Salmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Wind \u003c\/i\u003eby Lauren C. Teffeau\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Demons of Witmer Hall\u003c\/i\u003e by M. T. Reiten\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernie, Lord of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e by John Jos. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seeker: A Poison in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e by Victor Milán\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrandpa’s Gift\u003c\/i\u003e by Terry D. England\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFortune and Glory \u003c\/i\u003eby John Birmingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Venetian Dialectic \u003c\/i\u003eby Walter Jon Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Soul Remembers Uncouth Noises\u003c\/i\u003e by John Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTopanga and the Chatsworth Lancers\u003c\/i\u003e by Harry Turtledove\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hermit and the Jackalopes\u003c\/i\u003e by Jane Lindskold\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Normal\u003c\/i\u003e by Jody Lynn Nye\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Missed Connection\u003c\/i\u003e by Emily Mah Tippetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeor\u003c\/i\u003e by Diana Paxson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Statesman Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (Salem, OR)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e**Science Fiction Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e***Otherwhere Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106103050480,"sku":"9780698141698","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698141698_p0.jpg?v=1763619129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698141698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}