The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 Paperback / softback
by Nina Allan, Deborah L Davitt, Sheila Finch
Part of the The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories series
Paperback / softback
Description
An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories and novellas published in 2022 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster.
- "The Lichens" by Nina Allan - A 22nd century botanist asks a teacher in Scotland, at the time of Culloden, for help with her research.
- "Beneath the Surface, a Womb of Ice" byDeborah L. Davitt - A biochemist involved in the search for underground water on Mars finds refuge in the mechanics of science.
- "A Stone's Throw" byGregory Feeley - Romance burns hot amidst the cold moons of Neptune.
- "The Wine-Dark Deep" bySheila Finch - A cephalopod researcher discovers petroglyphs on the walls of a deep underwater cave.
- "Cloudchaser" by Tom Jolly - A collector of rare artifacts hides his valuables on darkworlds.
- "The Ploughshare and the Storm" byGwyneth Jones - Post-humans find a time capsule on Europa.
- "Nonstandard Candles" byYoon Ha Lee - A cartographer and her apprentice map the outer darkness of space.
- "Timekeepers' Symphony" byKen Liu - The colonization of the cosmos transforms humanity's sense of time.
- "Maryon's Gift" by Paul McAuley - Set in the author's Jackaroo series, monks fight to keep a newly discovered pristine world free of humans.
- "Goldie" bySean Monaghan - Scientists learn a lot about themselves while studying the ecosystems of an alien planet.
- "The Abacus and the Infinite Vessel" by Vikram Ramakrishnan - A scientist recalls the struggles of her and her mother after immigrating to Mars.
- "I Give You the Moon" by Justina Robson - A history student yearns for a dose of reality in an AR-immersed future.
- "The Difference Between Love and Time" by Catherynne M.Valente - A woman has a relationship with the space-time continuum that's a bit different than most of us.
- "Critical Mass" - An avant-garde artist, past his prime, discovers his works are being vandalized.
- "Communion" - A pilot is caught in a life and death struggle between his ship's AI and an alien microbe after crash landing on an ice moon.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:358 pages
- Publisher:Infinivox
- Publication Date:06/06/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781884612657
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:358 pages
- Publisher:Infinivox
- Publication Date:06/06/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781884612657
