Enter the strange mind of Jason Erik Lundberg, hailed by The Guardian for “achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages”. Let his imagination introduce you to an unearthly star girl, a foul-mouthed wombat, slithering immortals, a fish with premonitions, and much more. These short stories, painstakingly selected from Lundberg’s first three collections, include a brand-new novelette—“Slowly Slowly Slowly” takes place in a future Singapore where an old folks' home takes the form of an actual zoo—and the author's preferred texts of “The Stargirl and the Potter” and “Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)”.
Quek Zhou Ma, a performer who goes by the stage name Zed, returns to the island-nation of Tinhau after a long absence to attend the funeral of his older sister. As he deals with conflicting feelings about a homeland he hardly recognises, he decides to produce a lavish production with the Ministry of Culture, but opening night is marred by a bombing attributed to a local resistance group, Red Dhole. He meets Tara, a graphic designer with the Ministry of Culture who finds herself uneasily associated with Red Dhole. She is charged with bringing Zed over to the cause, but as the pair grow closer, she doubts whether she can complete her task. Meanwhile, Vahid Nabizadeh, Zed’s creative partner and a master puppeteer, finds a new home in Tinhau, but he becomes embroiled in political and financial intrigue that threatens to unbalance the stability of the government. As Zed, Tara and Vahid struggle with their disaffected identities, Tinhau is abruptly attacked by the Range, a mysterious cloud formation that appears without warning and destroys without mercy, a weapon as fickle and restless as the human mind.
“Jason Erik Lundberg's stories, launched from the real world on a trajectory to the surreal, fuse the idle daydream with the desperate heart. You should read them.” —John Kessel, author of The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories Strange superheroes and the magic of the quotidian; stories of piercing darkness and quirky, surreal humor; writing from the heart and soul; phantasmagorical journeys into what it means to be human. Strange Mammals collects together stylish and elegant short fiction that knows no boundaries. Stories that are by turns fantastical, realist and strange, but which always move and surprise. A breathtaking collection from an author whose writing “explores the randomness of magical occurrences” (Green Man Review) and “teems with imagination, location, originality, and fine writing” (Jeffrey Ford).
The Alchemy of Happiness: a triptych of stories rooted in Southeast Asian myth and legend, literary fantasy at its very best. In the beginning were the four: Water, Fire, Air, and Earth. Arriving simultaneously with the creation of the world, these archetypal elementals shaped humanity from the very start; two of the four continue to do so. BLUE—The first trickster, fluid and fickle, holder of all the answers, and, therefore, of all the power. DANE—The loyal lieutenant and enforcer, dispatching fiery judgment without question. In various guises and forms, through the interstices of our reality and multiple afterlives, these two ancient but flawed siblings seek to find the one metaphysical formula that will lead them out of the never-ending cycle of suffering. This volume also features "Embracing the Strange," a 14,000-word hybrid essay on the transformative power of speculative fiction, as well as "Represented Spaces," a wide-ranging interview with Jason Erik Lundberg by author and editor Wei Fen Lee. "The writing is smooth and crisply visual, and the dialog sparkles … Go with the flow, and you'll meet an interesting character who ultimately is given a thought-provoking choice, one which comes with a unique sacrifice." —Douglas Hoffman, Tangent "A fantasy tale of the highest calibre, at times I thought I was reading the last chapter of a great novel and it has certainly made me want to hear more from this author. A world of magic suddenly springs from a fairly ordinary beginning as Goran soon realises that things are not what they seem, and he quickly plunges into a new and disturbing world that is set to change his life forever." —Tracy Sherrin-Miller, Whispers of Wickedness, on “Reality, Interrupted” "Lundberg's writing is that of an Old Soul who views the world through Young Eyes; his work is jamais vu of the highest order." —James A. Owen, author and illustrator of Here, There Be Dragons
Travel to Southeast Asia on wings of the fantastic for Jason Erik Lundberg's debut short-story collection Red Dot Irreal. There you'll meet pirates and shamans, wise fish and mystical storytellers, living monuments and paper animals, time travelers and civet cats, stone taxi drivers, floating dental patients, and a sentient bird park. Once you enter the surreal worlds of Lundberg's equatorial fantastika, a part of you will never leave. Bonus: extra stories “Big Chief”, “Occupy: An Exhibition” and “Bachy Soletanche” have been added for this edition. “Stories exotic, spicy, and redolent as a four-star curry. A fine meal for the mind awaits you in Lundberg's collection.” —Jonathan Carroll, author of Outside the Dog Museum “Lundberg's writing is that of an Old Soul who views the world through Young Eyes; his work is jamais vu of the highest order: these stories are memories encountered for the first time, but never to be forgotten once they've been experienced.” —James A. Owen, author and illustrator of Here, There Be Dragons “Red Dot Irreal is a box made of the finest equatorial wood, containing a collection of genu-ine gems of the early 21st century noble art of fantastika.” —Zoran Zivkovic, author of The Last Book “Red Dot Irreal teems with imagination, location, originality, and fine writing.” —Jeffrey Ford, author of The Empire of Ice Cream
The year is 2040 and an envoy of the North American Union finds himself a fugitive in the Southeast Asian nation of Tinhau. Lucas Lehrer is tasked with travelling from the North American Union to the island-nation of Tinhau to extend the offer of political partnership. When negotiations break down, Lucas decides to request asylum, and he soon encounters an odd series of coincidences in which his deep-seated desires start coming true. Among the backdrop of societal instability and growing nativism, he befriends a young woman who is not what she seems, and who may not be from our universe at all.
One day, a little girl visiting the zoo gets separated from her father. Fortunately, Bo Bo and Cha Cha are there to help her find her way back, and along the way introduce the kid to Saloma the orang utan and lots of new animal friends. She has a map and they teach her how to read it and use landmarks to find her way. When she is reunited with her father, the girl says that she's no longer scared of getting lost, because now she knows how to find her way again.
G’day mates! It’s the Great Australian Moving-in Day at the Mandai Zoo, and Bo Bo and Cha Cha are excited to meet their new friends from Down Under. But when they discover a mysterious baby on their doorstep, the pandas have to find out what it is and who it belongs to. Join Bo Bo and Cha Cha as they try to uncover this mystery and figure out who should take care of the new baby.
Bo Bo and Cha Cha have settled comfortably into their new home at the Mandai Zoo, and are ready to explore Singapore. Having heard so much about what this country has to offer, they come up with a long list of places to visit. However, Perang the pangolin advises them that it would take too long to see everything, so they end up visiting the Istana, taking a bumboat ride on the Singapore river, flying kites at the Marina Barrage, eating at a hawker centre in Toa Payoh, and even playing on swings!
One day in the estate of Toa Payoh, Bo Bo and Cha Cha get their aprons on to help Mr. Pan at his rojak stall. As the queue grows longer, crazy hijinks ensue and the pandas almost overcook the peanuts. Bo Bo also accidentally burns the you tiao! Just after they finally put the rojak together, Ram Gordon the famous chef appears! What will he think of the rojak the pandas have cooked? Will Mr. Pan’s reputation be ruined? Find out more in the new title from the Bo Bo and Cha Cha series, Bo Bo and Cha Cha Cook Up a Storm!
It’s Chinese New Year, and Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s artist friend, Kevin, has come from China to celebrate with the pandas, as well as show his work at a special New Year exhibition. The pandas’ friends at the Mandai Zoo are eager to meet Kevin, but when they do, Kevin is mean and nasty to them! He even tells Kera’s daughter, Saloma, that her painting is awful. It finally takes a little orangutan to show Kevin how to be a good guest and an even better friend.
Enter the strange mind of Jason Erik Lundberg, hailed by The Guardian for “achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages”. Let his imagination introduce you to an unearthly star girl, a foul-mouthed wombat, slithering immortals, a fish with premonitions, and much more. These short stories, painstakingly selected from Lundberg’s first three collections, include a brand-new novelette—“Slowly Slowly Slowly” takes place in a future Singapore where an old folks' home takes the form of an actual zoo—and the author's preferred texts of “The Stargirl and the Potter” and “Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)”.
The year is 2040 and an envoy of the North American Union finds himself a fugitive in the Southeast Asian nation of Tinhau. Lucas Lehrer is tasked with travelling from the North American Union to the island-nation of Tinhau to extend the offer of political partnership. When negotiations break down, Lucas decides to request asylum, and he soon encounters an odd series of coincidences in which his deep-seated desires start coming true. Among the backdrop of societal instability and growing nativism, he befriends a young woman who is not what she seems, and who may not be from our universe at all.
Quek Zhou Ma, a performer who goes by the stage name Zed, returns to the island-nation of Tinhau after a long absence to attend the funeral of his older sister. As he deals with conflicting feelings about a homeland he hardly recognises, he decides to produce a lavish production with the Ministry of Culture, but opening night is marred by a bombing attributed to a local resistance group, Red Dhole. He meets Tara, a graphic designer with the Ministry of Culture who finds herself uneasily associated with Red Dhole. She is charged with bringing Zed over to the cause, but as the pair grow closer, she doubts whether she can complete her task. Meanwhile, Vahid Nabizadeh, Zed’s creative partner and a master puppeteer, finds a new home in Tinhau, but he becomes embroiled in political and financial intrigue that threatens to unbalance the stability of the government. As Zed, Tara and Vahid struggle with their disaffected identities, Tinhau is abruptly attacked by the Range, a mysterious cloud formation that appears without warning and destroys without mercy, a weapon as fickle and restless as the human mind.
G’day mates! It’s the Great Australian Moving-in Day at the Mandai Zoo, and Bo Bo and Cha Cha are excited to meet their new friends from Down Under. But when they discover a mysterious baby on their doorstep, the pandas have to find out what it is and who it belongs to. Join Bo Bo and Cha Cha as they try to uncover this mystery and figure out who should take care of the new baby.
Bo Bo and Cha Cha have settled comfortably into their new home at the Mandai Zoo, and are ready to explore Singapore. Having heard so much about what this country has to offer, they come up with a long list of places to visit. However, Perang the pangolin advises them that it would take too long to see everything, so they end up visiting the Istana, taking a bumboat ride on the Singapore river, flying kites at the Marina Barrage, eating at a hawker centre in Toa Payoh, and even playing on swings!
One day, a little girl visiting the zoo gets separated from her father. Fortunately, Bo Bo and Cha Cha are there to help her find her way back, and along the way introduce the kid to Saloma the orang utan and lots of new animal friends. She has a map and they teach her how to read it and use landmarks to find her way. When she is reunited with her father, the girl says that she's no longer scared of getting lost, because now she knows how to find her way again.
Drawing on Chinese-language archival materials, this book offers a comprehensive study on the changes taking place in the Fujian tea industry and the fluctuations of the Fujian-Singapore tea trade from 1920 to 1960.
One day in the estate of Toa Payoh, Bo Bo and Cha Cha get their aprons on to help Mr. Pan at his rojak stall. As the queue grows longer, crazy hijinks ensue and the pandas almost overcook the peanuts. Bo Bo also accidentally burns the you tiao! Just after they finally put the rojak together, Ram Gordon the famous chef appears! What will he think of the rojak the pandas have cooked? Will Mr. Pan’s reputation be ruined? Find out more in the new title from the Bo Bo and Cha Cha series, Bo Bo and Cha Cha Cook Up a Storm!
Recent international appeals for sustainable development policies have renewed efforts to explore the common ground between economics and ecology. This volume presents a collection of papers from leading researchers around the world, who evaluate the analytical foundations and empirical systems that are being developed to integrate economic and environmental indicators. These specialists identify key data requirements and modeling systems. Economists, ecologists, and policy makers will find this work introducing integrated modeling systems thought-provoking and useful.
It’s Chinese New Year, and Bo Bo and Cha Cha’s artist friend, Kevin, has come from China to celebrate with the pandas, as well as show his work at a special New Year exhibition. The pandas’ friends at the Mandai Zoo are eager to meet Kevin, but when they do, Kevin is mean and nasty to them! He even tells Kera’s daughter, Saloma, that her painting is awful. It finally takes a little orangutan to show Kevin how to be a good guest and an even better friend.
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