the heads of cerberus by francis stevens

I’ve been reading a lot recently and reading a lot of things that have been fucking brilliant but maintaining this blog has become a source of anxiety for me and writing about books has become a source of anxiety and i’m just waiting every day for, suddenly, unexpectedly, someone will start commenting and writing about the pleasure of regret and they’ll be mean about it and tho that’s slightly less likely to happen than someone being mean about me/ Bad Boy Poet when that was released because I directly asked someone who I don’t “see eye to eye with” to review it for a magazine (and actually he was nice about the book tho critical of me) and this new book, the pleasure of regret is even more about me than that one was and it’s a lot less positive and and and and and and and

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Francis Stevens' The Heads of Cerberus is a classic work of American science fiction reimagined for modern readers.Cw: self-harm, mental illness, alcohol abuse With her eye on the present, writing at a time of war and increasing political division, Stevens tells a story about a future both strange and all too familiar, warning her readers about the dangers of unchecked power through the guise of fantasy and adventure. Names have been replaced by identification numbers and annual contests run by the ruthless overseer leave families torn apart by violence and death. Somehow, the city has come under complete totalitarian control, forcing the vast majority of its poor citizens to live in constant fear of death and imprisonment. Before they can find out what it is or where it came from, they are transported to the year 2118. In 1918, three friends from Philadelphia discover a strange powdery substance.

Noted for its satirical tone and dystopian themes, The Head of Cerberus remains central to Stevens' reputation as a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction. Originally serialized in The Thrill Book, a popular pulp magazine, The Heads of Cerberus was recognized as 'perhaps the first science fiction fantasy to use the alternate time-track, or parallel worlds, idea' by anthologist and critic Groff Conklin. The Heads of Cerberus (1919) is a science fiction novel by Francis Stevens.

The heads of cerberus by francis stevens