Foundling Fathers
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| Expected release date is Jun 23rd 2026 |
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Product Details
Author:
Meg Elison
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
192
Publisher:
Tachyon Publications (June 23, 2026)
Imprint:
Tachyon Publications
Release Date:
June 23, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781616964580
Weight:
12oz
Dimensions:
5" x 8" x 0.45"
File:
BTPS-Lakeside_05012026-20260501.xml
Folder:
BTPS
List Price:
$16.95
Pub Discount:
65
As low as:
$13.05
Publisher Identifier:
P-BTPS
Discount Code:
B
Case Pack:
52
Overview
What would a teenage Benjamin Franklin do with an iPhone after he discovers porn? From Philip K. Dick Award winning author Meg Elison comes this ingenious satire of U.S. history and modern technocracy gone terribly, terribly wrong.
“Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I’d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.”
—Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me
The trouble starts when a curious young man finds a smartphone in his privy. The problem is, it’s supposed to be the year 1750.
The Antediluvian Society—a shadowy cabal of right-wing billionaires—is fed up with a country they cannot fully control or understand. So they have done what any reasonable American patriots would do: Clone the Founding Fathers and raise them in secrecy. The plan, unbeknownst to the boys, is for them to restore America to its "original glory."
Ben takes his technological discovery to his brothers, Thomas, John, and George. The boys have been raised on an isolated island plantation by Mary Libertas, a firm but kind woman, and Jeff Hancock, their de facto father. But the idyllic life is far too dull for young men. The boys have been chafing at the restrictions upon them (especially Tom, who has impregnated yet another of the servants). Hancock is complaining to the Society that it's well past the time to tell the boys where they come from and what they must do.
Unfortunately for their keepers, the young men now have a phone...and many other notions.
Seamlessly combining science fiction and history with sharp, witty commentary, Meg Elison has once again shown why she is one of speculative fiction's most exciting voices.
“Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I’d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.”
—Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me
The trouble starts when a curious young man finds a smartphone in his privy. The problem is, it’s supposed to be the year 1750.
The Antediluvian Society—a shadowy cabal of right-wing billionaires—is fed up with a country they cannot fully control or understand. So they have done what any reasonable American patriots would do: Clone the Founding Fathers and raise them in secrecy. The plan, unbeknownst to the boys, is for them to restore America to its "original glory."
Ben takes his technological discovery to his brothers, Thomas, John, and George. The boys have been raised on an isolated island plantation by Mary Libertas, a firm but kind woman, and Jeff Hancock, their de facto father. But the idyllic life is far too dull for young men. The boys have been chafing at the restrictions upon them (especially Tom, who has impregnated yet another of the servants). Hancock is complaining to the Society that it's well past the time to tell the boys where they come from and what they must do.
Unfortunately for their keepers, the young men now have a phone...and many other notions.
Seamlessly combining science fiction and history with sharp, witty commentary, Meg Elison has once again shown why she is one of speculative fiction's most exciting voices.
