{"id":406,"date":"2010-04-07T19:14:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T19:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/04\/07\/worst-case-scenario\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:43","slug":"worst-case-scenario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/04\/07\/worst-case-scenario\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst case scenario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/arts\/story.asp?id=71082\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">reviewed<\/a> Steven Amsterdam&#8217;s debut novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Things-We-Didnt-See-Coming\/dp\/0307378500\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1270666881&amp;amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Things We Didn&#8217;t See Coming<\/span><\/a> for the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">San Antonio Current<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">Steven Amsterdam\u2019s imaginative first novel, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Things We Didn\u2019t See Coming<\/span>, posits a reality in which the worst predictions came to pass. Told through a sequence of short stories chronicling the life of an unnamed narrator, the book opens on New Year\u2019s Eve, 1999.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/sb\/79567\/arts_thingswedidntsee_CMYK.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">The story moves into some surprising social and moral gray areas. Amsterdam tackles such weighty topics as polyamory, euthanasia, suicide, drugs, aging, and anarchy with insight and sensitivity. Employing a breezy, conversational style, Amsterdam blazes through his bleak tale of hope \u2014 the true heart of any good dystopia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p>\nCheck out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/arts\/story.asp?id=71082\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">entire review<\/a> at the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">San Antonio Current<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I reviewed Steven Amsterdam&#8217;s debut novel Things We Didn&#8217;t See Coming for the San Antonio Current. Quote: Steven Amsterdam\u2019s imaginative first novel, Things We Didn\u2019t See Coming, posits a reality in which the worst predictions came to pass. 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