{"product_id":"9780765392114","title":"The Future of Another Timeline","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Future of Another Timeline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Annalee Newitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eA revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--Wil Wheaton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Annalee Newitz, founding editor of \u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a story of time travel, murder, and the lengths we'll go to protect the ones we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1992\u003c\/b\u003e: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022\u003c\/b\u003e: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTess and Beth’s lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person’s actions to echo throughout the timeline?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Another Timeline\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAn intelligent, gut-wrenching glimpse of how tiny actions, both courageous and venal, can have large consequences. Smart and profound on every level\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eYou close the book reeling with questions about your own life and your part in changing the future\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eAmy Acker, actress (\u003ci\u003eAngel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerson of Interest\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eBreathtakingly brilliant.\u003c\/b\u003e”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-- Wil Wheaton, actor \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Big Bang Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eFew stories are as smart, as nuanced, as exciting, and as unsettling as this one\u003c\/b\u003e....engrossing and impactful.” — Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Annalee Newitz combines time travel, multi-alternative realities and feminist politics in the fast-paced, complex and mind-blowing \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Another Timeline\u003c\/i\u003e . . . a compulsively readable novel of controlled anger that, despite the horror, offers hope.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's like Newitz has written a science fiction addendum to \u003ci\u003eHandmaids Tale\u003c\/i\u003e... She flawlessly weaves between time and characters and creates a feminist, sci-fi, thrill-ride integrated into a covert history lesson. \u003cb\u003eYou close the book reeling with questions about your own life and your part in changing the future\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Amy Acker, actress \u003ci\u003eAngel \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Person of Interest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A page-turner and an ambitious feminist lens on the time-traveler story.” — Kelly Sue DeConnick creator of \u003ci\u003eBitch Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, writer for \u003ci\u003eCaptain Marvel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eA glorious tale of hope\u003c\/b\u003e in the face of outrage, \u003cb\u003ean anthem of timeless resistance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eagainst the powers that would lead us to our worst futures\u003c\/b\u003e.” —Ken Liu, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Grace of Kings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The \u003ci\u003eFuture of Another Timeline\u003c\/i\u003e does brilliantly what SF does best: makes metaphor concrete to illuminate the human condition. In this case, \u003cb\u003ethe idea that women are consistently written out of history by men is turned into a visceral reality\u003c\/b\u003e, and secret history becomes a thrilling secret war.\" —Nicola Griffith, author of \u003ci\u003eHild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe best punk rock \/ time travel \/ Chicago history \/ riot girl \/ mindf*ck of a book I have ever read\u003c\/b\u003e. Grape Ape Forever!\" --Dan Sinker, creator of Punk Planet magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Future of Another Timeline\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003cb\u003emind-blowing punk feminist sci-fi time traveling thriller\u003c\/b\u003e you've been waiting for, and which our culture desperately needs. Packed with action, sass, righteousness, technology and danger,\u003cb\u003e it just might be a perfect book\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Michelle Tea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A multilayered tale of “editing” history, human rights, and the ripple effect. \u003cb\u003eSmart and profound on every level.”\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eClever, compelling and utterly original.\u003c\/b\u003e\" —Laurie Penny, \u003ci\u003eauthor of Everything Belongs to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"E\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003exciting and urgent\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Saladin Ahmed, Eisner winning author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Bolt, Exiles, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Throne of the Crescent Moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Newitz's carefully built narrative of time travel and conflict is rooted in the drive and joys\u003cbr\u003eof intersectional feminism, sex positivity, and acceptance...\u003cb\u003eThis riot of a book will have readers delighting both in the thrilling battle over timelines in an intricate, alternative world and in the joys of inclusive feminist solidarity.\u003c\/b\u003e\"—Booklist (starred review)  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where the book really shines is in its page-turning plot and thoughtfully drawn characters... \u003cb\u003ethe story charges along until Newitz suddenly ties it all together with breathtaking finesse\u003c\/b\u003e. An ambitious adventure that keeps the surprises coming.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Newitz] highlights the truths of our past and possibilities of our future. The fantastical elements do not hide the all-too-real horrors women could face, but intelligence and hope are woven into every level.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Newitz is one of the patron saints of geeks . . . a compelling piece of sci-fi that plays with time, friendship, and consequences . . . your new must-read.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Mary Sue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sure to become a feminist time travel classic.”—\u003ci\u003eDen of Geek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed NPR Best Book of the Year (2019), Long-listed The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year (2019), Long-listed NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing (2019), Long-listed Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year (2019), Short-listed Locus Awards - Nominee (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765392114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40706805235918,"sku":"9780765392114","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d00ce81a-4f7d-4ddf-bf45-bca6883fbe69.jpg?v=1640578534","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765392114","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}