Too stuffy inside? All those familiar social realist furnishings, all
those comfortable literary tropes. Perhaps a stroll out under the trees,
where things are breezier, stranger, more liable to break the rules. You
may meet monsters out there, true. But that's the point. Casting its net
widely, this anthology of Aotearoa-New Zealand science fiction and
fantasy ranges from the satirical novels of the 19th-century
utopians--one of which includes the first description of atmospheric
aerobreaking in world literature--to the bleeding edge of now.
Spaceships and worried sheep. Dragons and AI. The shopping mall that
swallowed the Earth. The deviant, the fishy, and the rum, all
bioengineered for your reading pleasure. Featuring stories by some of
the country's best known writers as well as work from exciting new
talent, Monsters in the Garden invites you for a walk on the wild
side. We promise you'll get back safely. Unchanged? Well, that's another
question.