Syndromes: Science Fiction Stories

by Alec Nevala-Lee, Catherine Ho (Narrator), Jonathan Todd Ross (Narrator)

A finalist for both the Hugo and Locus awards, Alec Nevala-Lee has seen his short fiction and essays featured in 'Salon', the 'New York Times' and 'Analog Science Fiction and Fact'. Now Nevala-Lee delivers a gripping meditation on the human experience with his powerful collection: 'SYNDROMES: SCIENCE FICTION STORIES'.

These stories contain a cross section of narratives, people and places: an unusual couple requests to be flown to a remote island near Alaska; a series of beached whales vex a US military officer in Vietnam and cause unrest in a local village; an ecoterrorist's bomb at an upscale ski resort has unintended consequences: and mysterious killings thought to be the work of a monster in Japan turn out to be something much more real.


RUNNING TIME ➜ 14hrs. and 57mins.

©2020 Alec Nevala-Lee (P)2020 Recorded Books

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First published March 26, 2020

About the author

I was born in Castro Valley, California and graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in classics. My book Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction (Dey Street Books / HarperCollins) was a Hugo and Locus Awards finalist and named one of the best books of the year by The Economist. I'm also the author of the novels The Icon Thief, City of Exiles, and Eternal Empire, all published by Penguin; my short stories have appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Lightspeed Magazine, and The Year's Best Science Fiction; and I've written for such publications as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, The Daily Beast, Salon, Longreads, The Rumpus, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. My latest book is Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller, which was released by Dey Street Books / HarperCollins on August 2, 2022. I live with my wife and daughter in Oak Park, Illinois.