Aaron M Wilson: 5 books

Books. They have weight. They have soul. They transport data from author to reader, slowly. They can even burn. But they can't generate revenue in the suggestive ad market. What good is a object when it can't embed the desire for a fish sandwich directly into the psyche of the user. No good at all. The book must die.  Aaron M. Wilson explores the last book store in the world.

The red LCD display quickly counts down. There is no time to waste. The polluting, resource-degrading plant is set to explode. Eco-heroine Inez Wick has only minutes to escape. As she traverses the dark recesses of the dirty plant, she flashes back to a younger self, sixteen. Her father had just died...

Inez Wick returns in these fragmented lives to fight against those who would destroy the environment, to travel into outer space, to dodge drone attacks, to practice yoga, and to ride and fix bikes.

These thirteen strange stories will transport you to into worlds both unique and horrifyingly familiar. They range from a disco fairytale to a dystopian immigration office in space. What binds these horrors together is a humanity desperately seeking hope, only to find a seemingly endless pit of terror...

Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major...