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Not Yet Gods
In the aftermath of a nuclear explosion set off in North Korea, an ordinary South Korean high-school classroom becomes ground zero for the discovery of a radical new source of energy: children capable of conducting and amplifying the telepathic and telekinetic powers of those around them. Soon enough the race is on to exploit these newfound human “batteries” by hunting them down and harnessing their power for everything from electricity to space travel to facelifts. But the emotional stakes could not be higher. After all, what happens when the primary energy source being used to run the world is housed within the brains and bodies of teenagers, subject to hormonal shifts and eddies, family loyalties, and interpersonal conflicts? Told as a series of interlinked stories, Djuna’s fractally unfolding thought experiments cycle through genres ranging from detective procedurals to fantasy horror to speculative sci fi in order to interrogate the nature of power, disability, and illusion in the potential end of history.
praise
Filled with breathtaking world-building, vivid characters, and a fierce exploration of the nature of power and resistance, Not Yet Gods is a thrilling and thought-provoking collection from a singular voice in South Korean speculative fiction. —Kyunghee Eo, Yale University
A new translation of an exhilarating and wildly imaginative work by the mysterious Korean SF phenom Djuna. Interlinked stories of psychics, mutants, conspiracies, dystopia, and the apocalypse that serve as timely allegories of the ills and possibilities of runaway technology in the present and the future. This collection showcases the best and the most beguiling tales of the imagination that are coming out of South Korea. —Minsoo Kang, The Melancholy of the Untold Story
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