River of Teeth

Name: River of Teeth
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Sarah Gailey
ISBN: 9781541482463

Author: Sarah Gailey

Series: River of Teeth #1

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 4 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/22/2017

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

In the early twentieth century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true.

Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two.

This was a terrible plan.

Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo wranglers from around the globe. It is the story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew. It is the story of their fortunes. It is the story of his revenge.

About Sarah Gailey

Hugo and Campbell Award finalist Sarah Gailey came onto the scene in 2015 and has since become one of the sharpest, funniest voices in pop culture online. She is a regular contributor for multiple websites, including Tor.com. Her nonfiction has appeared in Mashable and the Boston Globe, and her fiction has been published internationally. She lives in Oakland, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick on August 13, 2017

I was sold on this novella as soon as I read the premise. Based on an actual idea that was never executed by U.S. government, this book postulates a Wild West-era America in which hippos were introduced to the Mississippi River to be raised as a source of food. Unfortunately, some of these hippos ha......more

Goodreads review by James on May 28, 2017

I received an advanced copy of River of Teeth via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Sarah Gailey and Tor. River of Teeth is an alternative history/fantasy Western adventure where the cowboys and mercenaries ride hippos instead of horses. Winslow Houndstooth is the mai......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on July 28, 2019

"I dont like reading cow-people stories" - Melanie, 2019 "hold my beer" - this fucking book, right now. I loved this. A biracial (Korean/British), queer cowboy who is getting together with a fat con-artist and a nonbinary demolition expert to pull off a heist in an alternative history with feral and......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on June 05, 2017

Reading this because it is a Campbell nom for this year, I'm walking into this as a properly fascinated reader. I mean, it's a western alternative history where hippos are the next big meat and it was ACTUALLY A THING. It might have been a bad idea in the real world, but the concept for a SF novella......more