Jack Skillingstead
Author
Language
English
Description
What does it mean to be human in a universe of shifting, sometimes terrifying realities? Eighteen stories from Jack Skillingstead's second decade of publishing feature intense and surprising explorations of who we are, who we wish to be, and who we can't be.In "The Whole Mess" a genius math professor solves a multiverse equation only to find himself pursued by ancient Masters across the many iterations of his could-have-been lives. "Straconia" gives...
Series
Couplers a space opera volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Like generations before them, cadets Adam and Dawn have always lived aboard the asteroid. but past generations have never experienced a threat like this: Robotic-Alien Technology (R.A.T.) is attacking the spaceship--with the intent to destroy everyone on board. Dawn and Adam are two of the best new Coupler pilots, but they're also famous for their clashes. When a family crisis and a R.A.T. sighting coincide, Dawn has to call on all her inner resources...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Included in this volume:
INTRODUCTION, Rich Horton (Editor)
DARK INTEGERS, Greg Egan
A PLAIN TALE FROM OUR HILLS, Bruce Ster
AN EYE FOR AN EYE, Charles Coleman Finlay
ALWAYS, Karen Joy Fowler
AN OCEAN IS A SNOWFLAKE, FOUR BILLION MILES AWAY, John Barnes
VIRUS CHANGES SKIN, Ekaterina Sedia
WIKIWORLD, Paul Di Filippo
ARTIFICE AND INTELLIGENCE, Tim Pratt
JESUS CHRIST, REANIMATOR, Ken MacLeod
NIGHT CALLS, Robert Reed
EVERYONE
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The thirty-eight stories in this collection journey across the universe, to the realm of the gods and the limits of our imagination. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Egan, Eleanor Arnason, Suzanne Palmer, Ian McHugh, and Harry Turtledove. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of...