All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

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Winner of the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel
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The book is full of quirkiness and playful detail.but there's an overwhelming depth and poignancy to its virtuoso ending. --NPR

From the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, a stunning Nebula Award-winning and Hugo-shortlisted novel about the end of the world--and the beginning of our future

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go to war in order to prevent the world from tearing itself apart. To further complicate things, each of the groups' most promising followers (Patricia, a brilliant witch and Laurence, an engineering wunderkind) may just be in love with each other.

As the battle between magic and science wages in San Francisco against the backdrop of international chaos, Laurence and Patricia are forced to choose sides. But their choices will determine the fate of the planet and all mankind.

In a fashion unique to Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky offers a humorous and, at times, heart-breaking exploration of growing up extraordinary in a world filled with cruelty, scientific ingenuity, and magic.

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of the young-adult Unstoppable trilogy's first book, Victories Greater Than Death, as well as the short story collection Even Greater Errors. The City in the Heart of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky are two of her other works. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, the Boston Review, Tor.com, Tin House, Conjunctions, and Wired Magazine. In its first week, her TED Talk, Go Ahead, Dream About the Future, had 700,000 views. She co-hosts the podcast Our Views Are Right with Annalee Newitz.