The People's Republic of Everything

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Pub Date Sep 08 2018 | Archive Date Dec 03 2018

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Description

“[Mamatas] is the People's Commissar of Awesome.”
—China Miéville, author ofEmbassytown

Welcome to the People's Republic of Everything—of course, you've been here for a long time already. Make yourself at home alongside a hitman who always tells the truth, no matter how reality has to twist itself to suit; electric matchstick girls who have teamed up with Friedrich Engels; a telepathic boy and his father's homemade nuclear bomb; a very bad date that births an unforgettable meme; and a dog who simply won't stop howling on social media.

The People's Republic of Everything features a decade's worth of crimes, fantasies, original fiction, and the author's preferred text of the acclaimed short novelUnder My Roof.

“[Mamatas] is the People's Commissar of Awesome.”
—China Miéville, author ofEmbassytown

Welcome to the People's Republic of Everything—of course, you've been here for a long time already. Make yourself...


A Note From the Publisher

Nick Mamatas has written seven novels (I Am Providence, The Last Weekend, Love is the Law, The Damned Highway, Sensation, Bullettime, Under My Roof, and Move Under Ground.) He has written numerous short fiction that has been published in publications such as Asimov's Science Fiction and Tor.com, lit journals including New Haven Review and subTERRAIN, and anthologies such as Hint Fiction and Best American Mystery Stories 2013. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker award five times, the Hugo Award twice, the World Fantasy Award twice, and the Shirley Jackson, International Horror Guild, and Locus Awards. He is an anthologist and editor: The Future Is Japanese and Haunted Legends (with Ellen Datlow). His joke/reference books: Insults Every Man Should Know and Quotes Every Man Should Know have sold thousands of copies. Mamatas lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Nick Mamatas has written seven novels (I Am Providence, The Last Weekend, Love is the Law, The Damned Highway, Sensation, Bullettime, Under My Roof, and Move Under Ground.) He has written numerous...


Advance Praise

Praise for The People's Republic of Everything

"[Starred] Each tale is entertaining on its surface, but all hold a deeper meaning . . . This collection will be an easy sell to readers who enjoy genre-blending authors of thought-provoking and topical tales, such as Jeffrey Ford, China Miéville, and Jeff VanderMeer."
Booklist

“The 15 stories in Mamatas’s strong collection show impressive imaginative range, cutting across the boundaries of fantasy and science fiction and veering into territory that defies genre pigeonholing.”
Publishers Weekly

“Bay Area author Nick Mamatas is renowned in his work and in his online presence as witty and perspicacious; his new collection will bolster that reputation . . . brilliant, oddball.”
Seattle Times

“The People's Republic of Everything is a subversive and darkly humorous collection of stories showcasing author Nick Mamatas's ability to work across a variety of genres.”
Shelf Awareness

“Mamatas is such a great novelist that it's easy to forget he also writes superb short stories. This collection is a testament to his short-form chops, and a powerful one at that.”
LitReactor

“Nick Mamatas is the gadfly that makes the horse buckwhip-smart and no bullshit and with one hell of a bite. These are canny, nimble stories that navigate between genre and literature, and are unlike what anyone else is writing.”
Brian Evenson, author of The Warren and Fugue State

“Mamatas at his best. Makes me laugh. Makes me drop things. Makes me read on. Makes me run for cover.”
―Terry Bisson, author of Bears Discover Fire

“How does speculative fiction retain its relevance in an era when daily events feel fictitious and the mere possibility of a future seems speculative? If anyone knows the answer, it’s Nick Mamatas. The People’s Republic of Everything is a great leap forward. Let’s hope there’s somewhere to land.”
Jarett Kobek, author of I Hate the Internet

“Mamatas extracts the essence of several sub-genres and cult followings that are in themselves so niche, obscure, and esoteric and creates a genre that is uniquely him . . .  Kerouac’s language, Lovecraft’s atmosphere, and Bukowski’s coarseness.”
—Infinite Text

“Nick Mamatas is a sharp, sarcastic, amazing writer whose fiction runs the gamut from horror to speculative to literary . . . a great collection.”
Lightspeed

“The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts is without a doubt one of the more engaging and original science-fiction stories I have read recently.”
Bookwormex

“Author Nick Mamatas’ latest book The People’s Republic of Everything is another must read.”
National Herald

Praise for Nick Mamatas

On I Am Providence

“Just what I'd expect from Nick Mamatas: sharp wit, biting but humane social commentary, and, for the romantics among us, a faceless narrator decomposing at the morgue.”
—Matt Ruff, author of Bad Monkeys and Lovecraft Country

“Mamatas knows his subject inside and out, and that makes I Am Providence all the more cutting. He's a fan himself, as well as a skeptic, and he turns his considerable authority and satirical skill toward skewering the subculture that's grown up around Lovecraft over the past century.”
—Jason Heller, NPR

“Dark and hilarious . . . I Am Providence is that murder-mystery-in-a-writers-convention you didn't even know you wanted, but (like the human skin-bound book which propels the plot) you really must buy.”
—Lavie Tidhar, author of Central Station and Osama

“[Starred Review] A great choice for readers who enjoyed Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country; those who liked the dark humor, mystery, and speculative elements in Ben H. Winters’ The Last Policeman trilogy; and anyone who has ever been part of a fandom.”
Booklist

“Dark and funny, a fantastic mix of horror and mystery. It pokes fun at tropes—both meta or otherwise—and successfully skewers some of the more ridiculous aspects of the publishing industry.”
LitReactor

On Under My Roof

“[Starred Review] A big-bang ending caps the fast-paced novel, and there's much fun to be had watching Mamatas merrily skewer his targets.”
Publishers Weekly

“What about the Great American Suburban Novel? Somewhere in there, as of now, you almost have to include Nick Mamatas’ Under My Roof, an oddball, occasionally hilarious, surprisingly wise and out-and-out subversive little pocket-nuke of a book.”
San Diego Union Tribune

Praise for The People's Republic of Everything

"[Starred] Each tale is entertaining on its surface, but all hold a deeper meaning . . . This collection will be an easy sell to readers who enjoy...


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Featured Reviews

An absolutely amazing collection from the BRILLIANT Nick Mamatas. Everything Nick writes is golden but this is his best to date. I'll be writing a full review on Ink Heist closer to publication date and will post links to it here at that time.

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It's time for me to lament about how these stories were too short and I need more. Okay, I'm done. This book is a collection of short stories with topics that are wildly different enough to hold your attention but not so different that they jump from one genre to another. I enjoyed the twists and turns with each story, and the influences of the ones I picked up one. This collection was edited well with each story seemingly flowing to the next while standard apart from each other. I enjoyed the first and last story the best (isn't that always how it goes) and wished for more from all the others. For any SFF nerd this collection should be on the top of their TBR.

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