ISBN: 9780312353353

In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetic… More...

In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In" The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-third Annual Collection, "our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as: "Beyond the Aquila Rift": Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before---or so we think. "Comber": Our world is an ever-changing one, and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet's fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style. "Audubon in Atlantis": In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are" reasons "some species have become extinct. The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Chris Beckett, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, James Patrick Kelley, Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Vonda N. McIntyre, David Moles, Derryl Murphy, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Reed, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, William Sanders, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Peter Watts, Liz Williams, and GeneWolfe. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart. Media > Book, [PU: St Martin's Press]<

2005, ISBN: 0312353359

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780312353353], [SC: 26.17], [PU: New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj], ANTHOLOGY, SIGNED HARDCOVER - SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY NOISBN, Jacket, SIGNED hardcover - Book club edition.… More...

[EAN: 9780312353353], [SC: 26.17], [PU: New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj], ANTHOLOGY, SIGNED HARDCOVER - SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY NOISBN, Jacket, SIGNED hardcover - Book club edition. Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300,000 words of fantastic fiction. SIGNED by FIVE authors at their stories: David Gerrold, Michael Swanwick, Vonda McIntyre, Elizabeth Bear and Daryl Gregory, Also includes stories by Alastair Reynolds, Joe Haldeman, Gene Wolfe, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter and others, as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. xlii, 660 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket., Books<

2005, ISBN: 0312353359

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780312353353], [SC: 22.55], [PU: New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj], ANTHOLOGY, SIGNED HARDCOVER - SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY NOISBN, Jacket, SIGNED hardcover - Book club edition.… More...

[EAN: 9780312353353], [SC: 22.55], [PU: New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj], ANTHOLOGY, SIGNED HARDCOVER - SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY NOISBN, Jacket, SIGNED hardcover - Book club edition. Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300,000 words of fantastic fiction. SIGNED by FIVE authors at their stories: David Gerrold, Michael Swanwick, Vonda McIntyre, Elizabeth Bear and Daryl Gregory, Also includes stories by Alastair Reynolds, Joe Haldeman, Gene Wolfe, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter and others, as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. xlii, 660 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket., Books<