{"product_id":"fold-catastrophes-paperback","title":"Fold Catastrophes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience fiction award-winner, flesh-eating-bacteria survivor, and somewhat questionably convicted felon Peter Watts returns with his first short story collection since 2013. Including an unpublished work, Watts posits unlimited brain-computer interfaces, the possibility of life existing inside stars, the hacking of human behavior, and ecological collapse. (Also, the healing power of revenge.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePeter Watts: Never cheerful. Always brilliant\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eJohn Scalzi, author of the \u003c\/i\u003eOld Man's War \u003ci\u003eseries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if a weaponized water supply reprograms pattern recognition in the brain, provoking violent rage at the sight of the Google logo. Or an accidental hive mind creates a global agenda to resurrect itself in the scant seconds between its emergence and dissolution? A steroidal jump gate-building ship attempts to survive passage through a red-giant sun by hiding inside an ice-giant planet. When \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e is trying to colonize the sun, humans try to stop it. (Spoiler alert: Nobody comes off very well.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his newest short fiction, alongside an introduction by Richard K. Morgan, Watts (\u003ci\u003eThe Freeze-Frame Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e) reserves whatever hope he has for whatever comes after humans.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Watts is a former marine biologist, flesh-eating-bacteria survivor, and convicted felon (in the U.S. at least, although these days, who isn't?) whose novels--despite an unhealthy focus on space vampires--have become required texts for university courses ranging from philosophy to neuropsychology. His debut novel \u003ci\u003eStarfish\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. His work has been translated into twenty-four languages, has appeared in thirty-six best-of-year anthologies, and has been nominated for sixty awards, winning twenty-three, including the Hugo, the Shirley Jackson, and the Seiun Awards. Watts lives in Toronto with fantasy author Caitlin Sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.49 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924108066870,"sku":"9781616964672","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/4569\/8614\/files\/29sHUpuVSx9781616964672.webp?v=1790772806","url":"https:\/\/outerrealmbooksbeyond.com\/products\/fold-catastrophes-paperback","provider":"Outer Realm Books \u0026 Beyond","version":"1.0","type":"link"}