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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
First edition
AuthorCharles Yu
Cover artistAdam Simpson
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherPantheon
Publication date
2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages256
ISBN0-307-37920-5
OCLC890818043
Dewey Decimal
813.6
LC ClassPS3625.U15 H68

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is a 2010 novel by American writer Charles Yu. The novel revolves around a search for a father and the father-son relationship. It also includes themes about life and how we live especially with respect to time, memories, and creation of the self.

It was named the year's second best science fiction novel by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas —runner up for the annual Campbell Memorial Award.[1]

  1. ^ "The John W. Campbell Memorial Award". The John Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The University of Kansas. Updated July 11, 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

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