{"product_id":"everfair-paperback","title":"Everfair - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNisi Shawl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCadwell Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow with a beautiful new cover and a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this re-imagining of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with British socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State's \"owner,\" King Leopold II. This land, which they name Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven for native populations of the Congo as well as settlers from around the world, including dream-eyed Europeans attempting to create a better society, formerly enslaved people returning from America, and Chinese railroad builders escaping hard labor. Using the combined knowledge of four continents, Everfair becomes a land of spying cats and gulls, nuclear dirigibles buoyed by barkcloth balloons, and silent pistols that shoot poison knives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this technology, Everfair will attempt to defeat the Belgian tyrant Leopold II. But even if they can defeat their great enemy, a looming world war and political infighting may threaten to destroy everything they have built. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book with gorgeous sweep, spanning years and continents, loves and hates, histories and fantasies... Everfair is sometimes sad, often luminous, and always original. A wonderful achievement.\" -- Karen Joy Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNisi Shawl is a writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories and a journalist. She is the co-author (with Cynthia Ward) of \u003ci\u003eWriting the Other: Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's SF Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other magazines and anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697734946879,"sku":"9781250212313","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cc1ae3016159b0c083543103c309c701.webp?v=1765009578","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/everfair-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}