Different Waves, Different Depths by Roy Christopher
Different Waves, Different Depths is the first book of fiction from cultural critic Roy Christopher, whose works of non-fiction like The Medium Picture, Post-Self, and Boogie Down Predictions have received praise from folks like William Gibson, Harry Allen, and Douglas Rushkoff.
Taking its title from a comment an old crush made once about her feelings for the author, this collection of nine short stories varies in style from the literarily-weird to the science-fictive, and in length from the flash to the novelette. There are time loops and time travel, reality television and big data, consultants who can make anyone a winner, a newspaper that's just gone online-only, a band that never existed but is all too real, mistaken identities, roadtrips, drugs, guns, murder, and a love story or three.
Praise for Different Waves, Different Depths
“Working the borderlands between philosophy, sci-fi, and ultra-contemporary social critique, these stories illuminate our strange cusp moment in a deeply humanistic and bracing manner. A sharp, propulsive, and canny collection.” — David Leo Rice, author, Drifter
“In Roy Christopher’s inquiring, voracious tales, memory is a form of energy, and worlds emerge out of slippages, of which—ouch, there’s another—there are many more than we like to admit.” — Matthew Battles, author, The Sovereignties of Invention
“The stories in Different Waves, Different Depths showcase an impressive range of voice and style. They challenge without being difficult; evoke nostalgia without feeling rote. A fantastic collection.” — Joshua Chaplinsky, author, The Paradox Twins
“Hard-boiled strange loops in a froth of weird.” — Will Wiles, author, Plume
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US$20
258pp / 4.25x7” / paperback
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Impeller Press Books B-005
ISBN 9798988013303