Notes from the Fog

Ben Marcus returns with a collection of timely dystopian visions of alienation in a modern world. Here a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured from testing his employer's newest nutrition supplement; a father starts to suspect that his son's precocity has turned sinister; and two architects in a failing marriage must consider the ethics of artificially inciting emotion as they construct a memorial to a terrorist attack. It's these characters and others that over the course of thirteen short stories showcase Marcus's compassion, imagination, and mordant humor. Never has existential catastrophe been so much fun.

Ben Marcus revine cu o colectie de viziuni distopice in timp util asupra alienarii intr-o lume moderna. Aici, o drona nefericita si corporativa gaseste dragoste dupa ce a fost desfigurata de la testarea celui mai nou supliment nutritiv al angajatorului sau; un tata incepe sa banuiasca ca precocitatea fiului sau a devenit sinistra; si doi arhitecti intr-o casatorie esuata trebuie sa ia in considerare etica incitarii emotiilor in timp ce construiesc un memorial al unui atac terorist.