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NPR Best Books of 2018 A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Ready Player One and Black Mirror. In a way, it is an extremely American story, bringing together themes like the intersection of war and technology fire-and-brimstone religion and its effect on LGBT youth families separated by great physical distance while still being a part of the same country.DOWNLOAD EBOOK The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag PDF EPUB MOBI (5eco7) Download Ebook + The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag in pdf - mobi - epub format " mix of science fiction and real world pop-culture nostalgia is instantly compelling, but there are layers to The Electric State that take the story beyond surface value. His art (photorealistic, washed out, laced in neon or icicles, nostalgic and futuristic both at the same time) gets into my eyes and stays there.  If you're anything like me, you'll take those images to bed with you for a long time and dream of Stålenhag's America - lost to sand, to drought, to war, to loneliness, and stalked always by the low, distant rumble of something terrible rising out of the earth and coming for you."

" stories crawl into my brain and mess with my memory of history, time, and place. "One part art-book, one part picture-book-the mundanity of everyday relationships play out alongside science fiction imagery that is as beautiful as it is unsettling." Providing a series of snapshots of an alternate Earth of yesteryear, it tells the story of how that world ended.” The Electric State is a striking and strangely compelling work of science fiction gothic. “An awe-inspiring vision of a species committing suicide, perhaps to be reborn as something new. Readers of bleak, emotionally rich dystopian science fiction will be fascinated with the way Stålenhag doles out details-all the way to the open-ended, heartbreaking conclusion.” This quiet, sad adventure is an excellent and visually stunning addition to any graphic novel, art, or science fiction collection.”