{"product_id":"most-excellent-and-lamentable","title":"Most Excellent and Lamentable","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/MostExcellentAndLamentable-Sample.pdf?976\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  |  Get the E-book on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08116PQR6\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=DTm8DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter the strange mind of Jason Erik Lundberg, hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e for “achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages”. Let his imagination introduce you to an unearthly star girl, a foul-mouthed wombat, slithering immortals, a fish with premonitions, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese short stories, painstakingly selected from Lundberg’s first three collections, include a brand-new novelette—“Slowly Slowly Slowly” takes place in a future Singapore where an old folks' home takes the form of an actual zoo—and the author's preferred texts of “The Stargirl and the Potter” and “Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a superb collection of beautifully crafted stories. They range from exquisite miniatures that render entire worlds within a few words to longer stories rich with the complexities of human interactions with the Other—where the Other might be a foreign tourist, a shaman, a fish that speaks or a wombat. Infused with a Southeast Asian sensibility, these tales transcend boundaries in the best tradition of speculative fiction.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Vandana Singh, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmbiguity Machines and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Phlogiston (I am assured by usually reliable sources) does not exist…and yet\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erare is powering these shimmering, surprising, infinitely combustible stories. Strange energies crackle throughout this most excellent collection.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andy Duncan, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Agent of Utopia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand three-time World Fantasy Award winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lundberg has the enviable talent of achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lundberg explores the randomness of magical occurrences and how a life without magic can be just as deadening as it is safe.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Green Man Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jason Erik Lundberg’s stories, launched from the real world on a trajectory to the surreal, fuse the idle daydream with the desperate heart. You should read them.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—John Kessel, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePride and Prometheus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“What is deemed ‘strange’ becomes movingly conjoined with the familiar and the universal.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Things My Father Never Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lundberg’s writing is that of an Old Soul who views the world through Young Eyes; his work is jamais vu of the highest order: these stories are memories encountered for the first time, but never to be forgotten once they’ve been experienced.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—James A. Owen, author and illustrator of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over two dozen books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-fickle-and-restless-weapon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2020), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=302a0c714\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarol the Coral\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmbracing the Strange\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alchemy of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Dot Irreal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2011), the six-book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e children’s picture book series (2012–2015), and the biennial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-four?_pos=4\u0026amp;_sid=302a0c714\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e anthology series (est. 2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is also the fiction editor at Epigram Books (where the books he’s edited have won multiple awards, and made various year’s best lists since 2012), as well as the founding editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=*lontar*\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2012–2018). His writing has been anthologised widely, shortlisted for multiple awards, honourably mentioned twice in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and translated into half a dozen languages.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fickle and Restless Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis his first novel, and twenty-fifth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/money-fm-893\/read-jason-erik-lundberg-author-of-most-excellent\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29367258120305,"sku":"9789814845489","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/MEAL-CVF-300.jpg?v=1626925814","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}