Feeling Very Strange

By James Patrick Kelly (editor), John Kessel (editor),

Book cover of Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology

Book description

If it is true that the test of a first-rate mind is its ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time, then we live in a century when it takes a first-rate mind just to get through the day. We have unprecedented access to information; cognitive dissonance is…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Feeling Very Strange as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’d been writing for a few years, when I came across this book. It was an exciting discovery because it introduced me to a type of story I’d never read before, stories that did weird things I hadn’t thought possible, and included brilliant writers I hadn’t heard of, like Kelly Link and Aimee Bender. I was also excited by the inclusion of writers who were considered literary, who no one would usually put in the strange category, like George Saunders and Michael Chabon. The sheer range of stories and styles was mindblowing. It broadened my ideas about what stories could…

Want books like Feeling Very Strange?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Feeling Very Strange.

Browse books like Feeling Very Strange

Book cover of Tenth of December: Stories
Book cover of Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories
Book cover of Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,194

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in surrealism, the United Kingdom, and pop culture?

Surrealism 110 books
The United Kingdom 583 books
Pop Culture 165 books