{"product_id":"9781684187577","title":"Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mutant Rain Forest is nature's revenge upon man's despoliation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Frazier and Bruce Boston, SFPA’s first two Grandmaster Poets, created and began exploring the Mutant Rain Forest in the late 1980s with both collaborative and solo works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince that time, stories and\/or poems set in the Mutant Rain Forest have appeared in \u003cem\u003eOmni, Asimov’s SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Daily Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror \u003c\/em\u003e(St. Martin’s), \u003cem\u003eYear’s Best Horror\u003c\/em\u003e (DAW), \u003cem\u003eThe Rhysling Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the mutant rain forest it’s adapt or be redacted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir collaborative poem “Return to the Mutant Rain Forest” received first place in the 2006 \u003cem\u003eLocus \u003c\/em\u003ePoll for All-Time Favorite Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Poem. \u003cem\u003eVisions of the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/em\u003e collects the best stories and poems from this world: two novelettes, four short stories, two flash fictions (nearly 40,000 words of fiction), and 38 poems, including two stories and five poems appearing here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaggot to fly. Tadpole to poison frog. Man to abomination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes the following short stories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCruising Through Blueland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHolos at an Exhibition of the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Tale Within\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Trader on the Border of the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGoing Green in the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescent into Eden\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAerial Reconnaissance of a Conflagration…\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd a lot of poems!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eProudly represented by \u003cstrong\u003eCrystal Lake Publishing – Tales from the Darkest Depths\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterview with the authors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eWhat makes this collection so special?\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBruce Boston:\u003c\/em\u003e “Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest was written by the first two Grandmasters of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. It was more than twenty-years in the making.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eHow did you two come up with the idea for this science fiction epic?\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Frazier:\u003c\/em\u003e “In the mid-eighties, Bruce asked me for a story for \u003cem\u003eBerkeley Poets Cooperative\u003c\/em\u003e. I sent him a cautionary tale of a mutated creature from the waters of the Amazon. He liked the milieu: mutation and the jungle. I had previously explored their collision in two poems for \u003cem\u003eAsimov’s SF \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Amazing Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, but Bruce insisted there were rich poetic possibilities still to be mined. Soon we were trading stanzas to ‘Return to the Mutant Rain Forest,’ which proved to have considerable legs, and, more importantly, became the kick-start to a growing series.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVisions of the Mutant Rain Forest categories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePost apocalyptic science fiction horror\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScience Fiction Adventure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlien Contact Science Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetaphysical Horror Suspense\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoetry and short story collection\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDark Fantasy Horror\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlien Invasion Adventure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDystopian US Horror Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScience fiction poetry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetaphysical Science Fiction Horror\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHorror Short stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Crystal Lake Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037456777456,"sku":"9781684187577","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781684187577_p0.jpg?v=1763703316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781684187577","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}