{"product_id":"visions-of-the-mutant-rain-forest-paperback","title":"Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Frazier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Boston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mutant Rain Forest is nature's revenge upon man's despoliation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Frazier and Bruce Boston, SFPA's first two Grandmaster Poets, created and began exploring the Mutant Rain Forest in the late 1980s with both collaborative and solo works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince that time, stories and\/or poems set in the Mutant Rain Forest have appeared in \u003cem\u003eOmni, Asimov's SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Daily Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror \u003c\/em\u003e(St. Martin's), \u003cem\u003eYear's Best Horror\u003c\/em\u003e (DAW), \u003cem\u003eThe Rhysling Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the mutant rain forest it's adapt or be redacted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir collaborative poem \"Return to the Mutant Rain Forest\" received first place in the 2006 \u003cem\u003eLocus \u003c\/em\u003ePoll for All-Time Favorite Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Poem. \u003cem\u003eVisions of the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/em\u003e collects the best stories and poems from this world: two novelettes, four short stories, two flash fictions (nearly 40,000 words of fiction), and 38 poems, including two stories and five poems appearing here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaggot to fly. Tadpole to poison frog. Man to abomination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes the following short stories: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCruising Through Blueland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHolos at an Exhibition of the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Tale Within\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Trader on the Border of the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGoing Green in the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescent into Eden\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAerial Reconnaissance of a Conflagration...\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd a lot of poems \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eProudly represented by \u003cstrong\u003eCrystal Lake Publishing - Tales from the Darkest Depths\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterview with the authors: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat makes this collection so special?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBruce Boston: \u003c\/em\u003e \"Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest was written by the first two Grandmasters of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. It was more than twenty-years in the making.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow did you two come up with the idea for this science fiction epic?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Frazier: \u003c\/em\u003e \"In the mid-eighties, Bruce asked me for a story for \u003cem\u003eBerkeley Poets Cooperative\u003c\/em\u003e. I sent him a cautionary tale of a mutated creature from the waters of the Amazon. He liked the milieu: mutation and the jungle. I had previously explored their collision in two poems for \u003cem\u003eAsimov's SF \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Amazing Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, but Bruce insisted there were rich poetic possibilities still to be mined. Soon we were trading stanzas to 'Return to the Mutant Rain Forest, ' which proved to have considerable legs, and, more importantly, became the kick-start to a growing series.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVisions of the Mutant Rain Forest categories: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePost apocalyptic science fiction horror\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScience Fiction Adventure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlien Contact Science Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetaphysical Horror Suspense\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoetry and short story collection\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDark Fantasy Horror\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlien Invasion Adventure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDystopian US Horror Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScience fiction poetry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetaphysical Science Fiction Horror\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHorror Short stories\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47420038611122,"sku":"9781684187577","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/55d24fbc45c862864eec6137ed4b8497.webp?v=1778482194","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/visions-of-the-mutant-rain-forest-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}