Paul Di Filippo, hailed by Publishers Weekly as "a master of philosophical SF," delivers another masterful collection showcasing his trademark blend of intellectual depth, wild imagination, and sly humor. In The Visionary Pageant and Other Stories, Di Filippo offers eight...
A destitute English youth working in an unforgiving Australian gold camp stumbles upon fortune and fate when he intervenes in a brutal auction of a young orphan girl. As he shelters her and uncovers the cryptic warnings left by her dying father, he finds himself drawn into...