Hugo and Nebula award-winner Terry Bisson is best known for his short
stories, which range from the southern sweetness of "Bears Discover
Fire" to the alienated aliens of "They're Made Out of Meat." He is also
a 1960's New Left vet with a history of activism and an intact (if
battered) radical ideology.
The Left Behind novels (about the so-called "Rapture" in which all the
born-agains ascend straight to heaven) are among the bestselling
Christian books in the United States, describing in lurid detail the
adventures of those "left behind" to battle the Anti-Christ. Put Bisson
and the born-agains together, and what do you get? The Left Left
Behind--a sardonic, merciless, tasteless, take-no-prisoners satire of
the entire apocalyptic enterprise that spares no one--predatory
preachers, goth lingerie, Pacifica Radio, Indian casinos, gangsta rap,
and even "art cars" at Burning Man.
Plus: "Special Relativity," a one-act drama that answers the question:
When Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson, and J. Edgar Hoover are raised from
the dead at an anti-Bush rally, which one wears the dress? As with all
Outspoken Author books, there is a deep interview and autobiography: at
length, in-depth, no-holds-barred and all-bets off: an extended tour
through the mind and work, the history and politics of our Outspoken
Author. Surprises are promised.
