{"product_id":"book-ftck","title":"Green Monkey Syndrome","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisaster, biological warfare, environmental catastrophe, and resistance to hegemony. No, it's not a description of 2020; it's Andrew Yeh's science fiction collection, \u003cem\u003eGreen Monkey Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eSet 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 bioweapons through migrating birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThese 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 \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e meets\u003cem\u003e Brave New World \u003c\/em\u003emeets the front page of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49290117447984,"sku":"BDftck","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49290117513520,"sku":"ZEftck","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49290117546288,"sku":"ZMftck","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ftck-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775951554","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ftck","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}