Atomik Aztex

TitleAtomik Aztex
Year for Search2005
AuthorsFoster, Sesshu(b. 1957)
Date Published2005
PublisherCity Lights
Place PublishedSan Francisco, CA
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia in which Aztecs rule the Americas and are colonizing Europe. One of the protagonists has nightmares about American consumerism, and lives through a real nightmare working in a meatpacking plant reminiscent of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.

Additional Publishers

Parts were published in different form as “Atomik Aztex.” Amerasia Journal 27.2 (2001): 145-66, in the L.A. Weekly, and on Salon.com

Illustration

Illus. Ignacio Bravo

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(b. 1957)

Full Text

2005 Foster, Sesshu (b. 1957). Atomik Aztex. Illus. Ignacio Bravo. San Francisco, CA: City Lights. Parts were published in different form as “Atomik Aztex.” Amerasia Journal 27.2 (2001): 145-66, in the L.A. Weekly, and on Salon.com. PSt

Dystopia in which Aztecs rule the Americas and are colonizing Europe. One of the protagonists has nightmares about American consumerism, and lives through a real nightmare working in a meatpacking plant reminiscent of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.