Beyond the Rift: SSC

✍ Scribed by Peter Watts

• Book ID: 100534320
• Publisher: Tachyon Publications
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Edition: 12
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 1616961260

✦ Synopsis

Skillfully combining complex science with finely executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the always-shifting border between the known and the alien. The beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in stories that are by turns dark, satiric, bold, and introspective. A seemingly humanized monster from John Carpenter's The Thing reveals the true villains in an Antarctic showdown. An artificial intelligence shields a biologically-enhanced prodigy from her overwhelmed parents. A deep-sea diver discovers that her true nature lies not within the con.;The things -- The island -- The second coming of Jasmine Fitzgerald -- A word for heathens -- Home -- The eyes of God -- Flesh made word -- Nimbus -- Mayfly (with Derryl Murphy) -- Ambassador -- Hillcrest v. Velikovsky -- Repeating the past -- A niche -- Outtro: en route to dystopia with the angry optimist.

✦ Subjects

Canadian fiction;Science fiction;Electronic books