false 2880461 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2880461 2 2906670 book 1 4 2008 The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories total:39|5:9|4:14|3:13|2:3|1:0| 39 146 96 12 73421 3.86 437 80 62033829 92056 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.73 37 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 4 0 false Fri Jul 03 11:45:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 11:46:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45463653 1008236 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:59:43 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:59:43 -0800 2009 Critics were all excited to see another anthology from Kessler, even if most of the stories here have already appeared in top science fiction magazines. While some admitted they were at first skeptical of the motif of entering other authors' worlds, most felt that not only did Kessler pull off these...

more...]]> 25340297 175283 3484998 1931520518 9781931520515 1 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: and Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3484998.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_and_Other_Stories 4.00 2 "A superb satirist with a keen eye for detailing the human spirit."-Philadelphia Inquirer

"Stories that liberate the mind."-The New York Times Book Review

A long-awaited collection that intersects imaginatively with Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor. Includes John Kessel's modern classic sequence about life on the moon.

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:02:28 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 15:20:15 -0700 2008
Still, this book blends science fiction with "...more...]]> 20250281 99020 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 15 16:45:29 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 29 09:39:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 19324228 543626 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 02 16:28:15 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 16:33:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 57127379 937823 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Sun May 24 00:27:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 00:36:12 -0700 2009
Pride and Prometheus sees Mary Bennet encountering an intense young man from Switzerland, one Victor Frankenstein. It isn'...more...]]> 57871742 873979 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Jul 25 09:14:06 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:05:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 09:14:06 -0700 2009 The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: A modern North Carolinian Dorothy takes a friend on an adventure.
Every Angel is Terrifying: A psychologically disturbed killer named Railroad seeks a fresh start.
The Red Phone: Two telephone oper...more...]]> 60938008 75853 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:51:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 14:19:13 -0700 2009 The Magnificent Andersons. I also liked the first two stories of Kessel's "Lunar Quartet" quite a bit.]]> 66044333 569794 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:36:27 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:37:30 -0700 2009 50349349 906700 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Tue Mar 24 18:16:36 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 18:30:01 -0700 2009 John Kessel's wonderful short story collection "The Baum Plan" free CC download (Boing Boing)
Download: Small Beer Press]]> 24398847 735213 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 13 07:19:01 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 03 11:15:14 -0800 2009 Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein, "Pride and Prometheus," the last story of the collection. Certainly sent me out on a high note.]]> 24776809 1248708 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 3 0 false Sat Jun 28 19:56:58 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 03:29:38 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 19:56:58 -0700 2008 My quick review]]> 81127085 3046603 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Tue Dec 15 15:39:14 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 15:39:14 -0800 2009 80977396 281409 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 10:41:16 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 10:41:16 -0800 2009 78891969 2976390 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Tue Nov 24 15:31:06 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 15:31:06 -0800 2009 78666707 179885 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Sun Nov 22 15:37:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 15:37:09 -0800 2009 78436985 215037 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 3 0 false Fri Nov 20 10:44:09 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:35:32 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 11:12:58 -0800 2009 77454177 1592820 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Nov 11 11:34:52 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:34:52 -0800 2009 76825910 2913250 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 0 0 false Thu Nov 05 11:25:29 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:25:31 -0800 2009 72143620 2753981 2880461 193152050X 9781931520508 11 <![CDATA[The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880461.The_Baum_Plan_for_Financial_Independence_And_Other_Stories 3.74 39 Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor intersect. Kessel's four-story modern classic sequence about life on the moon, The Lunar Quartet, makes up the center of the book.

"A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ("The Red Phone")." A-
—Entertainment Weekly

Winner of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, and Tiptree awards, John Kessel is the author of The New York Times Notable Book Meeting in Infinity. He co-edited the anthologies Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. Kessel and his family live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he co-directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University.]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Sep 22 13:37:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 13:37:24 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2880461