{"product_id":"9781931520423","title":"The Child Garden: A Low Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exuberant celebration of excess set in a resource-poor but defiantly energetic twenty-first century.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A richly absorbing tale—with a marvelous premise expertly carried out.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent. . . . Dark and witty and full of love, closely observed, and sprinkled with astonishing ideas. Science fiction of a very high order.\"—Greg Bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most imaginative accounts of futuristic bioengineering since Greg Bear's \u003ci\u003eBlood Music\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future London, humans photosynthesize, organics have replaced electronics, viruses educate people, and very few live past forty. But Milena is resistant to the viruses. She's alone until she meets Rolfa, a huge, hirsute Genetically Engineered Polar Woman, and Milena realizes she might, just might, be able to find a place for herself after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe King's Last Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir\u003c\/i\u003e (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and \u003ci\u003eThe Unconquered Country \u003c\/i\u003e(a World Fantasy Award winner), and the collection \u003ci\u003eParadise Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Small Beer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170427355376,"sku":"9781931520423","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931520423_p0.jpg?v=1763638157","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931520423","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}