{"product_id":"9781250191762","title":"Six Months, Three Days, Five Others","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A master absurdist...Highly recommended.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the success of her debut SF-and-fantasy novel \u003ci\u003eAll the Birds in the Sky,\u003c\/i\u003e Charlie Jane Anders was a rising star in SF and fantasy short fiction. Collected in a mini-book format, here—for the first time in print—are six of her quirky, wry, engaging best:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model,\" aliens reveal the terrible truth about how humans were created—and why we'll never discover aliens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As Good as New\" is a brilliant twist on the tale of three wishes, set after the end of the world. \"Intestate\" is about a family reunion in which some attendees aren't quite human anymore—but they're still family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Cartography of Sudden Death\" demonstrates that when you try to solve a problem with time travel, you now have two problems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Six Months, Three Days\" is the story of the love affair between a man who can see the one true foreordained future, and a woman who can see all the possible futures. They're both right, and the story won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd \"Clover,\" exclusively written for this collection, is a coda to \u003ci\u003eAll the Birds in the Sky,\u003c\/i\u003e answering the burning question of what happened to Patricia's cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128072225008,"sku":"9781250191762","price":8.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250191762_p0.jpg?v=1763703804","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250191762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}