The Past Is Red, Catherynne M. Valente
The Past Is Red, Catherynne M. Valente
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The Past Is Red

Author: Catherynne M. Valente

Narrator: Penelope

Unabridged: 5 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/17/2021


Synopsis

The future is blueendless blue except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown. Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but shes the only one who knows it. Shes the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that its full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time. But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.

About Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne M. Valente is an acclaimed New York Times bestselling creator of over forty works of fantasy and science fiction, including the Fairyland novels and The Glass Town Game. She has been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and has won the Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), Hugo, and Andre Norton award. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her partner, young son, and a shockingly large cat with most excellent tufts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

I came to this latest book by Catherynne Valente (wonderful storytelling goddess that she is) thinking that I'd be reading another short story collection. This is not that. BUT. It does have a new incarnation of biggest novelette in The Future is Blue from the collection by the same name, updated and......more

Goodreads review by Trish

This is the follow-up book to The Future Is Blue which I reviewed *here*. In this little book, we get the titular story of that book (probably as a reminder or for readers who weren't able to get a copy of the former book since it's a limited edition) plus the titular one that details the further ad......more

Goodreads review by JasonA

Global warming has melted the polar ice caps and left the Earth covered in endless oceans. Despite the odds, pockets of humanity have managed to survive on the water's surface. Tetley was born in Garbagetown, a floating landfill the size of Texas. She is despised by all of her neighbors for somethin......more