Outspoken Authors
In PM’s Outspoken Authors series, today’s edgiest fiction writers showcase their most provocative and politically challenging stories. Outspoken Authors books, designed to fit your pocket and stretch your mind, are edited by award-winning SF author Terry Bisson, and include in-depth interviews, short stories and novella, essays, bios, and bibliographies.
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Flume
Brian Evenson
With one foot in the avant-garde and the other in the pulp tradition, Evenson’s stark vision is never comfortable, always provocative, and, more often than one might think, darkly amusing.
With one foot in the avant-garde and the other in the pulp tradition, Evenson’s stark vision is never comfortable, always provocative, and, more often than one might think, darkly amusing.
$15.00
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Fiction & Literature
Machine Elves Descending
John King
“John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention.” —Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
“John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention.” —Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
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The Tongue I Dream In
Sheree Renée Thomas
The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.
The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.
$16.00
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Veni Vidi Venti
Ian Shoales
Shoales’s acerbic commentary cuts to the core of issues of the day and to the philosophical puzzles that have intrigued and annoyed us since we first fell out of the trees.
Shoales’s acerbic commentary cuts to the core of issues of the day and to the philosophical puzzles that have intrigued and annoyed us since we first fell out of the trees.
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She Is Here
Nicola Griffith
Widely acclaimed as a novelist, here Nicola Griffith displays her power, precision, and clarity of thought in multiple modes and forms.
Widely acclaimed as a novelist, here Nicola Griffith displays her power, precision, and clarity of thought in multiple modes and forms.
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Not What I Intended
Nancy Kress
A collection of stories, essays, and an interview explaining her own history and worldview, comprising a brief tourist’s guide for the world to come.
A collection of stories, essays, and an interview explaining her own history and worldview, comprising a brief tourist’s guide for the world to come.
$16.00
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The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers
Terry Bisson
"PM's Outspoken Authors Series looks almost like a science fiction Who’s Who or Hall of Fame, except that I included myself. Because I could." —Terry Bisson
"PM's Outspoken Authors Series looks almost like a science fiction Who’s Who or Hall of Fame, except that I included myself. Because I could." —Terry Bisson
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The Collapsing Frontier
Jonathan Lethem
This collection compiles Lethem's intensely personal takes on the most interesting and deplorable topics in post-postmodern America.
This collection compiles Lethem's intensely personal takes on the most interesting and deplorable topics in post-postmodern America.
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Night Shift
Eileen Gunn
Wry, dark humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic, sometimes troubling, but always fascinating tales that combine and masterfully conflate the disparate worlds of corporate tech and literary art.
Wry, dark humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic, sometimes troubling, but always fascinating tales that combine and masterfully conflate the disparate worlds of corporate tech and literary art.
$15.00
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Utopias of the Third Kind
Vandana Singh
A new collection of fiction, nonfiction, and our classic Outspoken Interview.
A new collection of fiction, nonfiction, and our classic Outspoken Interview.
$15.00
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The First Law of Thermodynamics
James Patrick Kelly
A collection of humorous and earnest stories, plays, and our Outspoken Interview.
A collection of humorous and earnest stories, plays, and our Outspoken Interview.
$14.00
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The Planetbreaker's Son
Nick Mamatas
An outrageous collection of Mamatas's short fiction along with our world famous Outspoken Interview.
$14.00
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Big Girl
Meg Elison
These stories ambush the reader with Elison’s signature mix of irony and rage. Also included is a frank and thought-provoking Outspoken Interview, and more.
These stories ambush the reader with Elison’s signature mix of irony and rage. Also included is a frank and thought-provoking Outspoken Interview, and more.
$14.00
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Talk like a Man
Nisi Shawl
In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected horizons (and corners) opened up by SF and fantasy’s new diversity.
In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected horizons (and corners) opened up by SF and fantasy’s new diversity.
$14.00
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A City Made of Words
Paul Park
Four pieces of Park's innovative science fiction along with an essay and interview.
Four pieces of Park's innovative science fiction along with an essay and interview.
$14.00
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The Beatrix Gates
Rachel Pollack
A colorful mix of science fiction, magic realism, memoir, and myth exploring themes of spirituality and transformation. Courage and cowardice contend in a literary odyssey unlike any other.
A colorful mix of science fiction, magic realism, memoir, and myth exploring themes of spirituality and transformation. Courage and cowardice contend in a literary odyssey unlike any other.
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Thoreau's Microscope
Michael Blumlein
The politics and terrors of biotech, human engineering, and brain science are given startling fictional form in a selection of short stories with a mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and wicked humor.
The politics and terrors of biotech, human engineering, and brain science are given startling fictional form in a selection of short stories with a mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and wicked humor.
$14.00
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The Atheist in the Attic
Samuel R. Delany
A suspenseful and vivid historical narrative, an essay combining scholarly research with personal experience in the story of the first major African American author in sci-fi, and more.
A suspenseful and vivid historical narrative, an essay combining scholarly research with personal experience in the story of the first major African American author in sci-fi, and more.
$14.00
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Totalitopia
John Crowley
A wry how-to guide for building utopias out of the leftovers of modern science fiction.
$14.00
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Fire.
Elizabeth Hand
A harrowing postapocalyptic adventure in a world threatened by global conflagration.
A harrowing postapocalyptic adventure in a world threatened by global conflagration.
$13.00
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Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Joe R. Lansdale
This book features new fiction starring Lansdale’s unlikely best friends Hap and Leonard, along with some of Lansdale’s most famous and hard-to-find Texas Observer columns.
This book features new fiction starring Lansdale’s unlikely best friends Hap and Leonard, along with some of Lansdale’s most famous and hard-to-find Texas Observer columns.
$13.00
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Gypsy
Carter Scholz
A small band of renegade scientists crowd-sources Earth's first starship in a desperate attempt to escape global catastrophe. And more!
A small band of renegade scientists crowd-sources Earth's first starship in a desperate attempt to escape global catastrophe. And more!
$13.00
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My Life, My Body
Marge Piercy
These short essays, poems, and personal memoirs intermingle like shards of glass that shine, reflect—and cut. Always personal yet always political, Piercy's work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political activism.
These short essays, poems, and personal memoirs intermingle like shards of glass that shine, reflect—and cut. Always personal yet always political, Piercy's work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political activism.
$12.00
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Upcoming Releases
Flume
Brian Evenson
With one foot in the avant-garde and the other in the pulp tradition, Evenson’s stark vision is never comfortable, always provocative, and, more often than one might think, darkly amusing.
With one foot in the avant-garde and the other in the pulp tradition, Evenson’s stark vision is never comfortable, always provocative, and, more often than one might think, darkly amusing.
$15.00
Fiction & Literature
Machine Elves Descending
John King
“John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention.” —Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
“John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention.” —Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
From $15.00
Books
The Tongue I Dream In
Sheree Renée Thomas
The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.
The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.
$16.00
Books
Veni Vidi Venti
Ian Shoales
Shoales’s acerbic commentary cuts to the core of issues of the day and to the philosophical puzzles that have intrigued and annoyed us since we first fell out of the trees.
Shoales’s acerbic commentary cuts to the core of issues of the day and to the philosophical puzzles that have intrigued and annoyed us since we first fell out of the trees.
$15.00
Books
She Is Here
Nicola Griffith
Widely acclaimed as a novelist, here Nicola Griffith displays her power, precision, and clarity of thought in multiple modes and forms.
Widely acclaimed as a novelist, here Nicola Griffith displays her power, precision, and clarity of thought in multiple modes and forms.
$16.00
Books
Not What I Intended
Nancy Kress
A collection of stories, essays, and an interview explaining her own history and worldview, comprising a brief tourist’s guide for the world to come.
A collection of stories, essays, and an interview explaining her own history and worldview, comprising a brief tourist’s guide for the world to come.
$16.00
Books
The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers
Terry Bisson
"PM's Outspoken Authors Series looks almost like a science fiction Who’s Who or Hall of Fame, except that I included myself. Because I could." —Terry Bisson
"PM's Outspoken Authors Series looks almost like a science fiction Who’s Who or Hall of Fame, except that I included myself. Because I could." —Terry Bisson
$24.95
Books
The Collapsing Frontier
Jonathan Lethem
This collection compiles Lethem's intensely personal takes on the most interesting and deplorable topics in post-postmodern America.
This collection compiles Lethem's intensely personal takes on the most interesting and deplorable topics in post-postmodern America.
From $16.00
Books
Night Shift
Eileen Gunn
Wry, dark humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic, sometimes troubling, but always fascinating tales that combine and masterfully conflate the disparate worlds of corporate tech and literary art.
Wry, dark humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic, sometimes troubling, but always fascinating tales that combine and masterfully conflate the disparate worlds of corporate tech and literary art.
$15.00
Books
Utopias of the Third Kind
Vandana Singh
A new collection of fiction, nonfiction, and our classic Outspoken Interview.
A new collection of fiction, nonfiction, and our classic Outspoken Interview.
$15.00
Books
The First Law of Thermodynamics
James Patrick Kelly
A collection of humorous and earnest stories, plays, and our Outspoken Interview.
A collection of humorous and earnest stories, plays, and our Outspoken Interview.
$14.00
Books
The Planetbreaker's Son
Nick Mamatas
An outrageous collection of Mamatas's short fiction along with our world famous Outspoken Interview.
$14.00
Books
Big Girl
Meg Elison
These stories ambush the reader with Elison’s signature mix of irony and rage. Also included is a frank and thought-provoking Outspoken Interview, and more.
These stories ambush the reader with Elison’s signature mix of irony and rage. Also included is a frank and thought-provoking Outspoken Interview, and more.
$14.00
Books
Talk like a Man
Nisi Shawl
In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected horizons (and corners) opened up by SF and fantasy’s new diversity.
In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected horizons (and corners) opened up by SF and fantasy’s new diversity.
$14.00
Books
A City Made of Words
Paul Park
Four pieces of Park's innovative science fiction along with an essay and interview.
Four pieces of Park's innovative science fiction along with an essay and interview.
$14.00
Books
The Beatrix Gates
Rachel Pollack
A colorful mix of science fiction, magic realism, memoir, and myth exploring themes of spirituality and transformation. Courage and cowardice contend in a literary odyssey unlike any other.
A colorful mix of science fiction, magic realism, memoir, and myth exploring themes of spirituality and transformation. Courage and cowardice contend in a literary odyssey unlike any other.
$14.00
Books
Thoreau's Microscope
Michael Blumlein
The politics and terrors of biotech, human engineering, and brain science are given startling fictional form in a selection of short stories with a mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and wicked humor.
The politics and terrors of biotech, human engineering, and brain science are given startling fictional form in a selection of short stories with a mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and wicked humor.
$14.00
Books
The Atheist in the Attic
Samuel R. Delany
A suspenseful and vivid historical narrative, an essay combining scholarly research with personal experience in the story of the first major African American author in sci-fi, and more.
A suspenseful and vivid historical narrative, an essay combining scholarly research with personal experience in the story of the first major African American author in sci-fi, and more.
$14.00
Books
Totalitopia
John Crowley
A wry how-to guide for building utopias out of the leftovers of modern science fiction.
$14.00
Books
Fire.
Elizabeth Hand
A harrowing postapocalyptic adventure in a world threatened by global conflagration.
A harrowing postapocalyptic adventure in a world threatened by global conflagration.
$13.00
Books
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Joe R. Lansdale
This book features new fiction starring Lansdale’s unlikely best friends Hap and Leonard, along with some of Lansdale’s most famous and hard-to-find Texas Observer columns.
This book features new fiction starring Lansdale’s unlikely best friends Hap and Leonard, along with some of Lansdale’s most famous and hard-to-find Texas Observer columns.
$13.00
Books
Gypsy
Carter Scholz
A small band of renegade scientists crowd-sources Earth's first starship in a desperate attempt to escape global catastrophe. And more!
A small band of renegade scientists crowd-sources Earth's first starship in a desperate attempt to escape global catastrophe. And more!
$13.00
Books
My Life, My Body
Marge Piercy
These short essays, poems, and personal memoirs intermingle like shards of glass that shine, reflect—and cut. Always personal yet always political, Piercy's work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political activism.
These short essays, poems, and personal memoirs intermingle like shards of glass that shine, reflect—and cut. Always personal yet always political, Piercy's work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political activism.
$12.00