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Twenty-First Century Science Fiction
| Author: | David G. Hartwell Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
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Synopsis
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories--close to 250,000 words--edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors.
David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognized as two of the most skilled and trusted arbiters of the field, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans' first opportunities to see what their considerable talents come up with together, and also to get a unique perspective on what's coming next in the science fiction field.
The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and Peter Watts, and the stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction field's major awards.
Table of Contents:
- Preface - essay by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Infinities - (2008) - novelette by Vandana Singh
- Rogue Farm - (2003) - shortstory by Charles Stross
- The Gambler - (2008) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Strood - (2004) - shortstory by Neal Asher
- Eros, Philia, Agape - (2009) - novelette by Rachel Swirsky
- The Tale of the Wicked - (2009) - novelette by John Scalzi
- Bread and Bombs - (2003) - shortstory by M. Rickert
- The Waters of Meribah - (2003) - shortstory by Tony Ballantyne
- Tk'tk'tk - (2005) - shortstory by David D. Levine
- The Nearest Thing - (2011) - novelette by Genevieve Valentine
- Erosion - (2009) - shortstory by Ian Creasey
- The Calculus Plague - (2009) - shortstory by Marissa Lingen
- One of Our Bastards Is Missing - (2009) - novelette by Paul Cornell
- Tideline - (2007) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
- Finisterra - (2007) - novelette by David Moles
- Evil Robot Monkey - (2008) - shortstory by Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Education of Junior Number 12 - (2011) - shortfiction by Madeline Ashby
- Toy Planes - (2005) - shortstory by Tobias S. Buckell
- The Algorithms for Love - (2004) - shortstory by Ken Liu
- The Albian Message - (2005) - shortstory by Oliver Morton
- To Hie from Far Cilenia - (2008) - novella by Karl Schroeder
- Savant Songs - (2004) - shortstory by Brenda Cooper
- Ikiryoh - (2005) - shortstory by Liz Williams
- The Prophet of Flores - (2007) - novelette by Ted Kosmatka
- How to Become a Mars Overlord - (2010) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
- Second Person, Present Tense - (2005) - novelette by Daryl Gregory
- Third Day Lights - (2005) - novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson
- Balancing Accounts - (2008) - shortstory by James L. Cambias
- A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel - (2011) - shortstory by Yoon Ha Lee
- His Master's Voice - (2008) - shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
- Plotters and Shooters - (2007) - novelette by Kage Baker
- The Island - (2009) - novelette by Peter Watts
- Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction - (2009) - shortstory by Jo Walton
- Chicken Little - (2009) - novella by Cory Doctorow
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