{"id":4979,"date":"2010-11-10T17:03:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T01:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2010-11-10T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T01:03:59","slug":"free-readin-standard-loneliness-package-by-charles-yu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/news\/free-readin-standard-loneliness-package-by-charles-yu\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Readin&#8217; | STANDARD LONELINESS PACKAGE by Charles Yu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Live-Safely-in-a-Science-Fiction-Universe-by-charles-yu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Live-Safely-in-a-Science-Fiction-Universe-by-charles-yu-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"How To Live Safely In a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu\" title=\"How To Live Safely In a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Live-Safely-in-a-Science-Fiction-Universe-by-charles-yu-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Live-Safely-in-a-Science-Fiction-Universe-by-charles-yu.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>Charles Yu&#8217;s <strong>How To Live Safely In A Science Fiction Universe<\/strong> was released earlier this year to great critical acclaim and has begun showing up on <em>Best of 2010<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=br_lf_m_1000628171_grlink_1?ie=UTF8&#038;plgroup=1&#038;docId=1000628171\">lists around<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jkoyanagi.com\/2010\/11\/06\/top-ten-books-of-2010\/\">the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Root canal is one fifty, give or take, depending on who\u2019s doing it to you. A migraine is two hundred.<\/p>\n<p>Not that I get the money. The company gets it. What I get is twelve dollars an hour, plus reimbursement for painkillers. Not that they work.<\/p>\n<p>I feel pain for money. Other people\u2019s pain. Physical, emotional, you name it.<\/p>\n<p>Pain is an illusion, I know, and so is time, I know, I know. I know. The shift manager never stops reminding us. Doesn\u2019t help, actually. Doesn\u2019t help when you are on your third broken leg of the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His latest short story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/standard-loneliness-package\/\"><strong>Standard Loneliness Package<\/strong> is available<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/\">Lightspeed Magazine<\/a>. He was also recently interviewed on Geek&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Yu&#8217;s How To Live Safely In A Science Fiction Universe was released earlier this year to great critical acclaim and has begun showing up on Best of 2010 lists around the web. Root canal is one fifty, give or take, depending on who\u2019s doing it to you. A migraine is two hundred. 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