{"product_id":"how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-paperback","title":"How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award-⁠winning author of \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a razor-sharp, hilarious, and touching story of a son searching for his father ... through quantum space-time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That's where Charles Yu, time travel technician, steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he's not taking client calls, Yu visits his mother and searches for his father, who invented time travel and then vanished. The key to locating his father may be found in a book. It's called \u003ci\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, and somewhere inside it is information that will help him. It may even save his life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES YU\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e (the winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction), and the novel \u003ci\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine best book of the year). He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series, \u003ci\u003eWestworld.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWired, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eTogether with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he established the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Writing Prizes, in honor of his parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52031431082285,"sku":"9780307739452","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MFlKSnNNdGpvU1E4V09iUDZwODV2Zz09.webp?v=1777553438","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}