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Stepping Stone The Love Machine Crosstown To Oblivion

Walter Mosley (2013)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages294 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.27/5 (246)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

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Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsAnthology Structure

Synopsis

"Two of six fragments in the Crosstown to oblivion short novels in which Mosley ... explores life's cosmic questions. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, these tales take us on speculative journeys beyond the reality we have come to know. In each tale someone in our world today is given insight into these long pondered mysteries. But how would the world really receive the answers?"--Dust jacket flap.

Is Stepping Stone The Love Machine Crosstown To Oblivion appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

A collection of philosophical speculative fiction exploring cosmic questions about life's meaning, good and evil, and reality. Literary in approach with mature philosophical themes requiring abstract thinking.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language.

Who'll love this

Readers interested in philosophical questions about existence and reality will find thought-provoking speculative stories to ponder.

Tags

Philosophical FictionSpeculative FictionLiterary FantasyMetaphysical Fiction