The science of extinction -- Whole entero -- The obituarist -- The cosmonaut -- House taken over -- Consolidation of spirits -- The objects -- The objects -- Flat map -- The Earthling -- The monsters' art -- Obverse -- Inventory of human diversity -- Zorg, author of the Quixote -- The other theory -- The conspirators -- Appendix 15, number 2: The exploration of Agent Probii -- Living muscle -- The last ones -- Warning.
Summary:
Drawing on science fiction, noir, and the philosophical parables of Jorge Luis Borges's Fictions and Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics, this collection features fantastical stories in which monsters and aliens abound, but knowing who is the monster and who is the alien is a tricky proposition.
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