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Sixteen unforgettable science fiction stories that reminisce about interactions with the 'other' - tech, portal, plague, climate, being... The second in a new series of anthologies from the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). Fission is an annual publication open to all science fiction writers and this issue is in two volumes.
Eighteen unforgettable science fiction stories that reminisce about interactions with the 'other' - tech, portal, plague, climate, being... The second in a new series of anthologies from the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). Fission is an annual publication open to all science fiction writers and this issue is in two volumes.
"Un apagón global. Ausencia de conexiones digitales. El escritor Rafael Lobo abandona su casa de Escondido, una pequeña localidad de la España despoblada, dispuesto a encontrar el modo de reanudar su relación telemática con Helwna Troyano, explosiva mujer virtual e hipotética musa desfasada. Una mujer, Helwna Troyano, que es a su vez el obstáculo que le impide emprender la escritura de una obra, encargo de un importante grupo editorial, destinada a integrarse en un ensayo sobre el llamado estilo tardío de los escritores al final de su vida. Durante una semana Lobo se desplaza por un presente tan ficticio, indeseable y plagado de desastres como el nuestro: incendios, escasez de víveres, robos, artimañas informáticas, terrorismo de estado, ciudades sumidas en el caos, territorios minados, mentiras, éxodos masivos... ¿No es suficiente para un hombre viejo, cansado y vulnerable? Un momento de calma, Lobo. La búsqueda de Helwna Troyano sigue su curso, y al paso de las botas de Lobo van apareciendo peligrosos personajes (delincuentes marginales, caníbales, terroristas, robots asesinos...) en una tierra árida que sufre los desastres ambientales producidos por el repentino e hipnótico avance de un cambio climático devastador. Pero Lobo nunca se rinde y continúa su camino hacia un final inesperado. Un final que explicará los numerosos e inauditos sucesos que puntúan esta odisea cibernética"--Page 4 of cover.
Blending fast-paced military science fiction and space opera, the third and final volume in a dynamic trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Praxis, set in the universe of his popular and critically acclaimed Dread Empire's Fall series, comes a tale of blood, courage, adventure, and battle in which the fate of an empire rests in the hands of two lovers. Shattered Victory Star-crossed lovers Gareth Martinez and Caroline Sula have decisively beaten the forces of the corrupt Zanshaa government. It seems all there's left to do is to travel to the capital of Zanshaa to reunite the empire under the banner of the Restoration. Before they can sweep up the pieces, though, it's revealed that any advance would spring an enemy trap. To make things worse, their opponents have more resources than Martinez and Sula could have imagined, and a superior force is now aimed at the heart of the Restoration. Shattered Love But before Martinez and Sula can contend with the gathering enemy forces, a surprising act of violence on Sula's part threatens their relationship--and damages their trust. Hurt and confused, Martinez sends Sula into exile while he tries to recover from his broken heart. Somehow, these two lovers must repair their relationship in order to defeat this new enemy threat... especially when more than love is at stake.
Science fiction is international in scope, but many works are often unavailable to readers because of language barriers or the costs involved in transcending them. In the eleven years I've been publishing science fiction works from China, I've had the privilege of working with and featuring stories by both of my co-editors, as well as dozens of other authors. Anthologies and projects like this one are an editor's joy. We've been given the opportunity to shine a light on eight Chinese authors that have not been previously published (at that time) in English. Authors you should know about. New voices, or at least new to you. Includes stories by: - Shuang Chimu 双翅目 - Liu Xiao 刘啸 - Yang Wanqing 杨晚晴 - Hui Hu 灰狐 - Congyun "Mu Ming" Gu 慕明 - Liang Qingsan 梁清散 - Shi Heiyao 石黑曜 - Liao Shubo 廖舒波
Sequel to Fearless. Phobos Station, Mars, is ready to receive an emergency shuttle full of wounded miners, but when those miners turn out to be insurgents, Doctor Emerson Drake realises he is trapped and has to fight to survive.
The human race has been cast from a dying Earth to wander the stars in a vast fleet of arks. Ahead of the fleet flies the scout ship the *Furious Ocelot*, crewed only by Captain Eryn King and a snarky talking cat. When Eryn's sister disappears during a routine mission, she insists on being part of the crew sent to look for her. What she discovers on Candidate-623 is both terrifying and deadly. When the threat follows her back to the fleet and people start dying, she is tasked with seeking out a legendary recluse who may just hold the key to humanity's survival.
Lesson #1 in intergalactic mixology: VIPs take it floated, not stirred. Explore the farthest reaches of the galaxy in Kate Sheeran Swed's newest collection of science fiction stories. In "Chosen," an intergenerational spaceship returns to Earth after disaster strikes; in "Ugly Earthling," an ambitious chef attempts to fry her way across the universe; and in "It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Usurps the Galaxy," a Supreme Galactic Emperor takes on an ambitious building project under dubious circumstances. Absurdity and tragedy commingle in tales where space travel is run-of-the-mill, time can be recovered, and second chances hold the key to survival.
Solarpunk communities that glow when the sun goes down. Witches on distant planets and future pagans building resilient ecotopias. The search for hope in a better world. Evolution and transformation. Exploration and discovery. The pages of this book are filled with wonders both technological and magical. Conflicts lead to resilience and solutions both internal and community-based. Stories span from the terrestrial to the galactic to the inner-depths of memory and imagination. Featuring work by Starhawk, Sarena Ulibarri, Wendy N. Wagner, Neil Gaiman, Justine Norton-Kertson, Yasmin Moita, J.D. Harklock, BrightFlame, Pedro Inguez, and more, twenty-two authors take a variety of different paths as they begin to map out the new and budding lunarpunk genre's terrain. Join them in adventures through glowing utopian worlds where people work together and do their best to build a better for us all. Join the, and explore Lunarpunk.
#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson meshes Jason Bourne and epic fantasy in this captivating adventure that throws an amnesiac wizard into time travel shenanigans—where his only hope of survival lies in recovering his missing memories. A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive?
