Ken Pratt: 5 books

London 2012: the Olympics are underway but David Cameron’s UK is in crisis. Political tensions between Scotland and England are rampant, with the row over university tuition fees exploding into mass riots. Rob and Kate are two creative writing students, in love, and caught in the cultural crossfire....

London 2012: the Olympics are underway but David Camerons UK is in crisis. Political tensions between Scotland and England are rampant, with the row over university tuition fees exploding into mass riots. Rob and Kate are two creative writing students, in love, and caught in the cultural crossfire. But...

Speculative fiction stories that explore the ambiguities of war—from award-winning, bestselling authors Jeffrey Ford, Ken Liu, Kate Wilhelm, and others. In the tradition of In the Field of Fire, a collection of stories with a Vietnam War theme, Deserts of Fire is a war-inspired anthology...

Seventeen of the funniest science fiction stories published in the past decade (2005-2015), featuring alien invasions, global conspiracies, time travel, and even animal uprisings. Fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winners and nominees as well as talented newcomers. Stories were selected by the Unidentified Funny Objects series curator Alex Shvartsman.

Toleration in Comparative Perspective is a collection of essays that explores conceptions of toleration and tolerance in Asia and the West. It tests the common assumption in Western political discourse and contemporary political theory that toleration is a uniquely Western virtue. Toleration in modern...