Sci-fi

Black wave

by Michelle Tea
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Description

Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon it's officially announced that the world will end in one year, and life in the sprawling metropolis becomes increasingly weird. While living in an abandoned bookstore, dating Matt Dillon, and keeping an eye on the encroaching apocalypse, Michelle begins a new novel, a sprawling and meta-textual exploration to complement her promises of maturity and responsibility. But as she tries to make queer love and art without succumbing to self-destructive vice, the boundaries between storytelling and everyday living begin to blur, and Michelle wonders how much she'll have to compromise her artistic process if she's going to properly ride out doomsday.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatPacifist/Social
HorrorChilling
SpiceModerate
ProfanityModerate

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Details

First published
August 14, 2015
Pages
326
Reading time
About 7 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Language
English
ISBN
9781558619395
Series
Standalone

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