“Ryan Oakley kicks all kinds of butt. This is the story Philip K. Dick would have written if he’d lived to today: over-the-top, incisively satirical, and packing a major wallop. The prose sings even as the story makes you squirm; underneath all the slickness and sickness there’s a passionate human heart, beating so damn fast it warps space. Oakley is a supernova about to blow a major new talent ready to burst on the scene and with this, his first novel, he’ll light up the entire sky.”
— Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo and Nebula Award Winning Author
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNBURST AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX AURORA AWARD
Technicolor
Ultra Mall
Technicolor
Ultra Mall
Technicolor
Ultra Mall
A novel by Ryan Oakley
Technicolor Ultra Mall weaves satire, ultra-violence and science fiction into a fast-paced, disjointed sprawl of a book that has been called "hellish, brilliant, stellar and profane" and a "dystopian tour de force" by reviewers.
Technicolor Ultra Mall weaves satire, ultra-violence and science fiction into a fast-paced, disjointed sprawl of a book that has been called "hellish, brilliant, stellar and profane" and a "dystopian tour de force" by reviewers.
“Oakley isn’t so much concerned with what science fiction has been, but rather where it can go. And, unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn’t just write from his head, but from his gut. His work somehow manages to be both unsettling and deeply absorbing.”
— Jeff Lemire, award winning DC graphic novelist
“Reading Ryan Oakley’s writing is like being lit-jacked. Once Oakley’s forty-five caliber prose is aimed between your eyes, you’ll never forget it.”
— Minister Faust, Philip K. Dick Award Shortlisted Author
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serve as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin . . . Extreme stylization, great characters, and a level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
— The Sunburst Award Jury
SELECTED WORKS
Art book, or found object from the future? Chimeric Herbarium: The World of Alien Botany presents Zoetica Ebb’s Alien Botany™ art series in large-format diagrams alongside text chronicling the otherworldly flora and the ways it interacts with humans. This foil-stamped black tome with a field-durable five-part cover contains the complete Alien Botany art archive and a record of the new forms these plants have taken in the years since this infectious collection was discovered on Earth.
This anthology features speculative fiction short stories with art, music, literature and culture themes. This anthology is part of a long-running series that has featured the writing and editing of more than 250 of Canada's best-known authors.
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“Oakley isn’t so much concerned with what science fiction has been, but rather where it can go. And, unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn’t just write from his head, but from his gut. His work somehow manages to be both unsettling and deeply absorbing.”
— Jeff Lemire, award winning DC graphic novelist
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serve as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin . . . Extreme stylization, great characters, and a level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
— The Sunburst Award Jury
“Reading Ryan Oakley’s writing is like being lit-jacked. Once Oakley’s forty-five caliber prose is aimed between your eyes, you’ll never forget it.”
— Minister Faust, Philip K. Dick Award Shortlisted Author
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serve as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin . . . Extreme stylization, great characters, and a level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
— The Sunburst Award Jury