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Tales from the Spired Inn
At the end of days stands Kray, a coastal city surrounded by and then invaded by rampant vegetation, where the last humans on Earth struggle to survive in the face of nature striking back.
Stephen Palmer first took us to Kray in his novels Memory Seed and Glass (both from Orbit), introducing us to the mesmerising world of humanity’s twilight years, where AI has run its course, rampant mutated vegetation has reclaimed the globe, and humanity has turned inwards.
"Tales from the Spired Inn" takes us back the wistful, doomed city, gathering all the authors shorter works about Kray, and it features two brand new stories written espcially for the collection.
Welcome to humanity’s final days…
Contents:
Introduction by Stephen Palmer
Dr Vanchovy’s Final Case
Funeral for a Pyuter
Granny
First Temple
Memory Seed
The Green Realm Below
About the Author
Stephen Palmer first took us to Kray in his novels Memory Seed and Glass (both from Orbit), introducing us to the mesmerising world of humanity’s twilight years, where AI has run its course, rampant mutated vegetation has reclaimed the globe, and humanity has turned inwards.
"Tales from the Spired Inn" takes us back the wistful, doomed city, gathering all the authors shorter works about Kray, and it features two brand new stories written espcially for the collection.
Welcome to humanity’s final days…
Contents:
Introduction by Stephen Palmer
Dr Vanchovy’s Final Case
Funeral for a Pyuter
Granny
First Temple
Memory Seed
The Green Realm Below
About the Author
105 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 15, 2019
3 people want to read
About the author
Stephen Palmer
38 books41 followersStephen Palmer is the author of numerous narrative nonfiction and genre fiction books, published by various publishers since 1996. His most recent directions are into music books, and anthropology/psychology with his critically lauded work 'I Am Taurus.' His fiction has been in the fields of steampunk, SF, and near-future AI novels.
His main area of interest is the evolution of consciousness, about which he writes on his Substack. A materialist, he emphasises the evolutionary description of our minds and of the human condition itself.
Stephen was raised in Shropshire, U.K., where he now lives with his partner, a large number of world music instruments, and more than one teapot. His CD collection contains albums by The Stranglers, Tangerine Dream and Mike Oldfield.
You can catch up with him via his Substack, his blog at stephenpalmer.co.uk, or via his Facebook page.
His main area of interest is the evolution of consciousness, about which he writes on his Substack. A materialist, he emphasises the evolutionary description of our minds and of the human condition itself.
Stephen was raised in Shropshire, U.K., where he now lives with his partner, a large number of world music instruments, and more than one teapot. His CD collection contains albums by The Stranglers, Tangerine Dream and Mike Oldfield.
You can catch up with him via his Substack, his blog at stephenpalmer.co.uk, or via his Facebook page.
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February 13, 2020
While I have received an ARC of this book, I have made an independent decision to post this review. This book has six stories - each with a strong green theme - and very strong females.
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