Books by Sarah Pinsker

“The novel is in the subgenre of post-apocalyptic fiction, and imagines a world in which a plague has caused all of us to become isolated. Everyone is living like a hermit, working from home, eating at home, studying at home, and there are no large-scale gatherings anymore. So, the very visceral experience of going to a live concert, of that connection between the performer and the audience, of being part of an audience, and performing for an audience—these experiences are no longer possible.” Read more...

The Best of Speculative Fiction

Ken Liu, Novelist

Sci-fi author and translator Ken Liu recommended A Song for A New Day when we asked him to recommend the best speculative fiction, explaining that it “imagines a world in which a plague has caused all of us to become isolated. Everyone is living like a hermit, working from home, eating at home, studying at home, and there are no large-scale gatherings anymore.” In this world, illegal concert-goers find themselves united by their passion for music—just as, in Station Eleven, the survivors of a deadly pandemic take comfort from the genius of Shakespeare. “Sarah draws on her experiences as a professional musician to portray why that matters,” explained Liu, “and to give people a sense of the potential of resistance in live music.”

From our article Books like Station Eleven