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Issue: Social Fiction #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2003
 
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Indicia Publisher: The New York Review of Books
On Sale Date: 07/26/2023
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Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781681377407
UPC/EAN: 9781681377407
Price: $33.95 CAD
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Content Items: 13 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collection of dystopian visions of a near-future.
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Color: black and white interior with some color
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Binding: paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Social Fiction

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Brian McMullen (cover design)
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Illustrated with the last panel from the 1996 story "A place".
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Inside of cover.
biographies

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One paragraph about the creator Chantal Montellier and one paragraph about the translator Geoffrey Brock.
edition notice, title page and empty page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Contents

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Translator's Note: "Zalwayza Zame"

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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The text covers two pages followed by an empty black page.

The phrase "zalwayza zame" in the title means "it's always the same" and refers to a previous translation of 1996 where Chantal Montellier's straightforward French was translated into an outlandish English.
Wonder City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama, science fiction
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The story is 48 pages, preceded by a title page and an empty black page, and followed by an empty white page and an empty black page.

The coloring was remade for French and Italian editions in 2003 due to a decision by the Italian editor Igor Tuveri.
Shelter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama, science fiction
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The story is 56 pages, preceded by a title page and an empty black page, and followed by an empty white page and an empty black page.
1996

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, science fiction
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Nine individual stories: "We'll make this country" (1 story page), "Love me… Hold me" (1 story page), "This day is bad" (1 story page), "Minalta SR-T 101" (1 story page), "Dear collaborators" (1 story page), "So fast in their shiny metal cars" (40 story pages), "Three minute break" (3 story pages), "CX 1341" (3 story pages), and "A place" (3 story pages).

The 54 story pages are preceded by a title page and an empty black page, and each story has its individual title page.
Who's Still Afraid of Chantal Montellier?

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Interview that covers several aspects of Chantal Montellier's work.
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With the subtitle "A Q&A between Translator & Author".
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List of titles and authors.
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Inside of back cover.
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A blurb, a few comic panels from the story Wonder City, and collage of a panel from 1996 and an uncredited photo of Chantal Montellier.

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