{"product_id":"9780986902468","title":"The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad","description":"\u003ch4\u003eSHEREM IS BRILLIANT.\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's travelled the world. She speaks a dozen ancient and modern languages, including Fan-Girl. And she can use-or improvise-a hundred weapons from around the globe or of her own design. Quite the list of accomplishments for a 25 year old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOr is that 2500?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen best friend\/roomies Hamza and Yehat, two Gen-X brainiacs too smart for their own good, meet Sherem during the heat of summer, they take one look at her and expect sparks to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey just don't expect the inferno.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinister Faust's first foray into astonishing adventure, pop culture craziness, and Africentric awe, \u003ci\u003eThe Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad\u003c\/i\u003e is already a cult classic that had readers, critics, and even Hollywood fluttering with excitement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFINALIST:\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Philip K. Dick Award (2004)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Locus Best First Novel Award (2004)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Compton-Crook Award (2004)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eA TOP TEN BOOK OF 2004 FOR:\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJanuary Magazine, fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble, SF\u0026amp;F\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmazon.com, SF\u0026amp;F\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSF Site, SF\u0026amp;F, Editor's Choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eA LOCUS NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003e The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eERNEST DICKERSON, director, The Walking Dead, The Wire, Never Die Alone: \u003c\/b\u003e \"Samuel Delaney, Harlan Ellison and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Biting, insightful and hugely entertaining.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Fresh and stylish entertainment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Like Kevin Smith as if he'd grown up in an African immigrant neighbourhood.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROBERT J. SAWYER, author of Hominids: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Unforgettable... infectious ... incredibly charming.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICHARD MORGAN, author of Market Forces: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Outstanding ... like nothing I've ever read in the genre ... Up there with the best of them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES SAUNDERS, author of Imaro: \u003c\/b\u003e\"A brilliant first novel..... Minister Faust... is shaping up to become a one-man New Wave in the SF genre.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNALO HOPKINSON, author of Brown Girl in the Ring: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Off the freakin hook.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTANANARIVE DUE, author of The Living Blood: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Incredibly imaginative ... Endlessly entertaining.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHEREE THOMAS, editor of Dark Matter: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Outrageously hilarious and horrifying by turns.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOREY REDEKOP, author of Shelf Monkey: \u003c\/b\u003e\"I loved every moment of it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKLIST [Starred Review]: \u003c\/b\u003e\"A fantastic contemporary adventure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NATIONAL POST: \u003c\/b\u003e\"The most exciting Canadian debut in decades.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Will remind some readers of Neal Stephenson ... a sharp-edged new voice in the genre.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJANUARY MAGAZINE: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Alternately laugh-out-loud funny, deeply tender and downright chilling... A first rate novel from all angles.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIMOV MAGAZINE: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Defies all expectations.... Faust is obviously someone to watch.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUSTIN CHRONICLE: \u003c\/b\u003e\"As if Faust channelled Mark Twain to write a Neal Stephenson novel.... Explodes off the page.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DENVER POST: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Razzle-dazzle style and attitude....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MONTREAL GAZETTE: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Every page is pure pleasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCI-FI DIMENSIONS: \u003c\/b\u003e\"If Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, William S. Burroughs and H.P. 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