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![]() | Not One of UsTed Chiang Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick Ian McDonald Gregory Benford James Patrick Kelly Paul McAuley Steve Rasnic Tem Robert Reed Molly Tanzer Ken Liu Carolyn Ives Gilman Judith Berman Cixin Liu Kelly Robson Naomi Kritzer Caroline M Yoachim Rich Larson Neil Clarke Alaya Dawn Johnson Keffy R M Kehrli A M Dellamonica ISBN: 9781597809573 Year of publication: 2018 NOT ONE OF US STORIES OF ALIENS ON EARTH Edited by Neil Clarke If you find a bit of yourself in these stories, this book is for you. Introduction Throughout the science fiction landscape, aliens have been used to illustrate our own best and worst traits, but from a distance that makes it more palatable than a closer look in the mirror. They are portrayed as invaders, refugees, saviors, observers, outsiders, opportunists, and sometimes as beings that barely notice our existence. Yet, outside of ... Keywords: |
![]() | Terran TomorrowNancy Kress ISBN: 9780765390356 Year of publication: 2018 Nancy Kress TERRAN TOMORROW For Jack, always The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur. It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties. Alfred North Whitehead The brain is wider than the sky For, put them side by side The one the other will contain With ease, and you beside. Emily Dickinson Map PROLOGUE Jason stood in a small enclosure between two doors, ... Keywords: hard science-fiction |
![]() | The Final FrontierPeter Watts Carrie Vaughn Elizabeth Bear Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick Kristine Kathryn Rusch Michael Bishop James Patrick Kelly Gwyneth Jones Genevieve Valentine Greg Egan Jay Lake Tobias S Buckell Ken Liu An Owomoyela Vandana Singh Sean McMullen Carter Scholz Jack Skillingstead Neil Clarke Seth Dickinson Julie Novakova ISBN: 9781597809399 Year of publication: 2018 THE FINAL FRONTIER STORIES OF EXPLORING SPACE, COLONIZING THE UNIVERSE, AND FIRST CONTACT Edited by Neil Clarke For Johnny INTRODUCTION I consider this anthology to be a sister to Galactic Empires, which was published last year. During the preliminary reading for that project, I came across several great stories that werent quite right for the anthology, typically because the empire element was non-existent or too thin. As that list continued to grow, a theme began to develop around them: space ... Keywords: exploration human-alien encounters outer space |
![]() | If Tomorrow ComesNancy Kress ISBN: 9780765390325 Year of publication: 2018 Nancy Kress IF TOMORROW COMES Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission, though I be the lone survivor. from the Ranger Creed Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology. Steven Pinker PROLOGUE Judith Ryan shoved her way to the front of the crowd, moving people with her elbows, her cane, and her age. It took her twenty minutes to get from the car to the cordon the crowd was ... Keywords: |
![]() | Tomorrow's KinNancy Kress ISBN: 9780765390295 Year of publication: 2017 Nancy Kress TOMORROWS KIN For Jack, as what is not ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my agent, the wonderful Eleanor Wood my terrific editor, Beth Meacham my husband, Jack Skillingstead, the best of first readers and my dear friend Dr. Maura Glynn-Thami, who saves me from so many medical errors in all my fiction. PART ONE We see in these facts some deep organic bond, prevailing throughout space and time. This bond, on my theory, is simple inheritance. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species ... Keywords: Alien Contact Genetic Engineering |
![]() | Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by MicrosoftRobert J Sawyer David Brin Elizabeth Bear Nancy Kress Jack McDevitt Greg Bear Seanan McGuire Ann Leckie ISBN: 9781595910912 Year of publication: 2015 FEATURING Elizabeth Bear Greg Bear David Brin Blue Delliquanti Michele Rosenthal Nancy Kress Ann Leckie Jack McDevitt Seanan McGuire Robert J. Sawyer Illustrations by Joey Camacho Raw Rendered Edited by Microsoft Melcher Media Published by Produced by One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 www.microsoft.com 124 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011 www.melcher.com Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft Copyright 2015 Microsoft The Machine Starts copyright 2015 by Greg ... Keywords: |
![]() | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the FallNancy Kress ISBN: 9781616960650 Year of publication: 2012 Nancy Kress AFTER THE FALL, BEFORE THE FALL, DURING THE FALL A NOVEL NOVEMBER 2013 It wasnt dark and it wasnt light. It wasnt anything except cold. Im dead, Pete thought, but of course he wasnt. Every time he thought that, all the way back to his first time when McAllister had warned him: The transition may seem to last forever. Forever was twenty seconds on Petes wrister. Light returned, light the rosy pink of baby toes, and then Pete stood in a misty dawn. And gasped. It was so beautiful. A ... Keywords: time travel |
![]() | Nothing HumanNancy Kress ISBN: 1930846185 Year of publication: 2003 Nancy Kress NOTHING HUMAN For Charles, Always I am a man nothing human is alien to me. Terence Africanus, c. 190-159 B.C. PART I: KEITH Some alien blessing is on its way to us. W.S. Merwin, Midnight in Early Spring CHAPTER 1 April 2013 He wrote: There are things you cannot get your mind around. You go to school, grow up, go to college and law school, get a job. You marry, love, fight, divorce, make partner, marry again, divorce again. People you know have children, or career changes, or deaths. ... Keywords: |
![]() | Wastelands: Stories of the ApocalipseStephen King Elizabeth Bear John Joseph Adams Paolo Bacigalupi Nancy Kress George R R Martin Jonathan Lethem Cory Doctorow Orson Scott Card Jerry Oltion Richard Kadrey John Langan Octavia C Butler Gene Wolf M Rickert Tobias S Buckell Jack S McDevitt James Van Pelt Carol Emshwiller Neal Barrett, Jr Dale Bailey David Grigg ISBN: 9781597801058 Year of publication: 2008 WASTELANDS Stories of the Apocalypse Edited by John Joseph Adams INTRODUCTION by John Joseph Adams Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are said to be the harbingers of the biblical apocalypseArmageddon, The End of The World. In science fiction, the end of the world is usually triggered by more specific means: nuclear warfare, biological disaster or warfare, ecologicalgeological disaster, or cosmological disaster. But in the wake of any great cataclysm, there are survivorsand post-apocalyptic ... Keywords: |
![]() | The Chick Is In The MailCharles Sheffield Eric Flint Nancy Kress Harry Turtledove William Sanders Elizabeth Moon Nina Kiriki Hoffman Esther M Freisner Martin Harry Greenberg Kent Patterson Steven Piziks Margaret Ball Robin Wayne Bailey Karen Everson Leslie What Doranna Durgin Pierce Askegren K D Wentworth ISBN: Year of publication: 2000 Esther M. Freisner, Martin Harry Greenberg, Kent Patterson, Elizabeth Moon, Harry Turtledove, Charles Sheffield, Steven Piziks, Nancy Kress, Margaret Ball, William Sanders, Robin Wayne Bailey, Karen Everson, Leslie What, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Eric Flint, Doranna Durgin, Pierce Askegren, K. D. Wentworth The Chick Is In The Mail 2000 Introduction by Esther Friesner Tradition is a wonderful thing. It gives us a sense of history, of belonging to something greater than ourselves, but it most of all ... Keywords: |
![]() | Year's Best SF 17Nnedi Okorafor Elizabeth Bear Neil Gaiman Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick Ken MacLeod Bruce Sterling Gregory Benford Karl Schroeder Gwyneth Jones Tony Ballantyne Genevieve Valentine Robert Reed Yoon Ha Lee Ken Liu Paul Park David G Hartwell Kathryn Cramer Mercurio D Rivera Charlie Jane Anders Judith Moffett Madeline Ashby Karen Heuler Pat MacEwen Carolyn Ives Gilman ISBN: Year of publication: 0 Years Best SF 17 Book 17 in the Years Best SF series An anthology of stories edited by Kathryn Cramer and David G Hartwell Introduction This is a book full of science fictionevery story in the book is clearly that and not something else. It is our opinion that it is a good thing to have genre boundaries. We have a high regard for horror, fantasy, speculative fiction, and slipstream, and postmodern literature. We Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell edit the Years Best Fantasy as well, a ... Keywords: |
![]() | EJ-ESNancy Kress ISBN: 9781607013044 Year of publication: 2011 Nancy Kress EJ-ES Jesse, come home Theres a hole in the bed where we slept Now its growing cold Hey Jesse, your face in the place where we lay by the hearth, all apart it hangs on my heart Jesse, Im lonely Come home. Jesse, Janis Ian, 1972 Why did you first enter the Corps Lolimel asked her as they sat at the back of the shuttle, just before landing. Mia looked at the young man helplessly, because how could you answer a question like that Especially when it was asked by the idealistic and ... Keywords: |
![]() | Wastelands: Stories of the ApocalipseStephen King Elizabeth Bear John Joseph Adams Paolo Bacigalupi Nancy Kress George R R Martin Jonathan Lethem Cory Doctorow Orson Scott Card Jerry Oltion Richard Kadrey John Langan Octavia C Butler Gene Wolf M Rickert Tobias S Buckell Jack S McDevitt James Van Pelt Carol Emshwiller Neal Barrett, Jr Dale Bailey David Grigg ISBN: 9781597801058 Year of publication: 2008 WASTELANDS STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE Edited by John Joseph Adams Introduction by John Joseph Adams Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are said to be the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse Armageddon, The End of The World. In science fiction, the end of the world is usually triggered by more specific means: nuclear warfare, biological disaster or warfare, ecologicalgeological disaster, or cosmological disaster. But in the wake of any great cataclysm, there are survivors and ... Keywords: |