Fiction
GREEN MONKEY SYNDROME
by Andrew Yeh
Description
Disaster, biological warfare, environmental catastrophe, and resistance to hegemony. No, it’s not a description of 2020; it’s Andrew Yeh’s science fiction collection, GREEN MONKEY SYNDROME. Originally published in 1987 and has never gone out of print, these stories reflect a dystopian future so resonant with our own, it is almost like they came out yesterday.
Set in a fictional East Asia, the four stories narrate the struggles of the tiny island nation of Buron to resist the onslaught of its much bigger neighbor, Garsia, via any means necessary. “Green Monkey Syndrome” describes the disaster of a pathogenic weapon leaked among indigenous tribespeople; “The Gaoka Case” tracks through case files a pharmaceutical offensive designed to take advantage of the enemy’s patriarchal culture; “I Love Thee Winona” and “The Lost Bird” describe campaigns to manipulate disastrous weather patterns and deliver bio-weapons through migrating birds.
These stories, fortified by the author’s own extensive research, paint a picture of transnational warfare and brutal environmental imbalance that will chill the blood of anyone who has been reading this year’s news. Yeh’s surgically precise language and compelling narratives read like 1984 meets BRAVE NEW WORLD meets the front page of the New York Times.
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World rights available excluding Complex Chinese
Marketing Information
The landmark Chinese SF collection
Winner of the China Times Science Fiction Award
Official “Books from Taiwan” Selection
Reviews
“Andrew Yeh’s diction is spare, hewing towards realism. There is no travelling backwards in time, nor back to the future… The reason science fiction can transcend its era is ultimately because it is rooted in those parts of human nature that have never changed.” — Central News Agency (Taiwan)
“Andrew Yeh’s works are sometimes called 'the least scientific science fiction”. He writes about history, and about this world, in a style with all the hallmarks of realism. If the heart of sci-fi lies in addressing real world problems, then Yeh’s subjects and technique respond directly to these core values." — Readmoo
Author Biography
葉言都 Andrew Yeh (b.1949) is Assistant Professor of History and Creative Writing at Soochow University. He worked at China Times for twenty-seven years, from foreign correspondent to CFO before retiring to pursue his lifelong passion for history. He completed his PhD in History from National Taiwan University and later became Assistant Professor of both History and Creative Writing at Soochow University. He has written several books on Chinese history. GREEN MONKEY SYNDROME is his only work of science fiction.
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View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publisher China Times
- Publication Date April 2020
- Orginal LanguageChinese complex
- ISBN/Identifier 9789571381497
- Publication Country or regionTaiwan
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 320 TWD
- Pages264
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Title綠猴劫
- Original Language Authors葉言都
- Copyright Year1976
- Dimensions21 x 15 cm
