What have we here? A new book, not big but wide in ways and deceptively deep, by one of contemporary SF's most singular and compelling voices. A professor of physics in New England, Vandana Singh weaves the ancient mysteries of her native India and the hard science of quantum uncertainty into stories that speak to the complex wonders of today's world. Her first US collection, Ambiguity Machines, introduced her to a wide reach of today's SF readers. We continue and deepen that process with our title piece, "Utopias of the Third Kind," a nonfiction exploration of the defiant and diverse communities creating new ways to defeat the global dystopia we all face and fear. Plus... New and unfamiliar stories: "Lamentations in a Lost Tongue" is about the ghosts of rivers and the ghostly humans they haunt. "Arctic Sky" tells of a bold, young climate activist who discovers a deeper courage in the frozen depths of a Russian prison. "Hunger" is an uncommon take on aliens and what (and what not) to feed them, while "The Room on the Roof" is about rain, clay, and reaching for the stars. And Featuring: A loving tribute to the beloved elder who welcomed Vandana into our literary neighborhood. And of course, our Outspoken Interview, in which she finally, for the first time, tells us what kind of car she drives. Book jacket.