Adam Wasserman: 12 books

Imagine a world where the outcome of political debate is arranged beforehand. Imagine a world where we are too busy working to care. Imagine a world where we get to feel good about ourselves.A farcical depiction of the struggles between the world's power brokers: the Holy Man and the Politician,...

This collection of short stories is drawn from the author's earliest work and covers a range of genres, including fantasy, magic realism, and political satire. Here you'll read about the death of the gods; life in a conservative, American family; the Earth in an age when corporations have taken...

A young man returns from a trip to Amsterdam and has an unexpected encounter with customs.In Renaissance Italy, the chance arrival of a devious merchant at an embittered village brings about unexpected renewal.A lonely old woman awakes one morning to find that the butcher has climbed...

Welcome (back) to the Bunker, an orderly, underground utopia where everyone's needs have been satisfied.Barney Max is a trustworthy citizen with an impeccable record of achievement. Having attained two promotions to Delta clearance, he has every reason to expect he'll advance higher...

Welcome to the Bunker, an orderly, underground utopia where everyone's needs have been satisfied.As far back as he can remember, Terry Renfield has been digging up uranium ore in the mines and getting into the occasional drunken brawl. Until one daystretch on the Loyalty Stretch, he and...

The mayor against a bunch of squatters! They are planning to make a big bust and run, but he's on to them. Or is he? Meet Clemens, Paz, Ivo, and Emile. They smoke and watch too much TV. Clemens is the only one who's working - well, actually, he just got fired for sexual harassment. Fortunately,...

“O, to what malevolent, festering power will I attribute the terrible wrath that has been incurred against me? To which god of the earth, sea, or sky, to which calculating, demonic power of nature - to which enduring creature's scorn should I give thanks for the dark procession of statues that...

Angolina Reeves is a simple Ward of the State. In a yearstretch's time, she expects to graduate and become a full-fledged citizen. She will work hard, stay loyal, and if she's lucky one daystretch make it all the way to Alpha clearance. But in the Bunker – a utopian dreamland – disaster...

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A young man returns from a trip to Amsterdam and has an unexpected encounter with customs.In Renaissance Italy, the chance arrival of a devious merchant at an embittered village brings about unexpected renewal.A lonely old woman awakes one morning to find that the butcher has climbed...

Welcome to the United States of the not-so-distant future. Our Republic has given way to a new form of government, Freemocracy. The President rules virtually unopposed. Congress is a rubber-stamp institution, and society has fractured into the permanently privileged and the permanently working. The...

The twenty-third century is a golden age for humanity. A period known as the Troubles - two hundred years of war, famine, and destructive climate change - are behind us. With enough food, energy, and medicine for everyone and robots performing most of the hard labor, individuals are free to pursue...