**A marvelous collection from "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language" (_The New Yorker_). ** Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Prize, and five-time finalist for the Man Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed
Selected Stories: Science Fiction, Volume 2: SSC
β Scribed by Anderson, Kevin J.
- Publisher
- WordFire Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Series
- Selected Stories 3
- Edition
- Trade paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Monument, Colorado
- ISBN
- 1614759642
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β¦ Synopsis
Fondest of memories -- Comrades in arms -- Dogged persistence -- Controlled experiments -- Prevenge -- Entropy ranch -- Prisons -- Rest in peace -- One night stand -- Show me some skin -- The happy hookermorph -- Travailiant -- TechnoMagic -- Landscapes -- A delicate balance -- Club Masquerade.;Kevin J. Anderson continues to demonstrate his versatility and imagination in his Selected Stories series, with a second full volume of his best science fiction tales. These sixteen stories, ranging from flash fiction to novella length, extend from the far corners of space to the edge of time and back to cutting-edge explorations inspired by today's headlines. Read about clones and combat cyborgs, nanotechnology experiments and giant robots, super-sentient lab rats and immortal dogs, alien magicians and altered timelines. Anderson introduces each story with a brief perspective about the inspiration or writing process, as well as a compelling introductory essay about his lifelong close relationship with the science fiction genre. With these stories, Kevin J. Anderson demonstrates why he has tens of millions of readers worldwide and has won or been nominated for numerous awards.
β¦ Subjects
Short stories
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Award-winning, #1 international bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson has published nearly 150 books, which have appeared in 30 languages worldwide, in genres ranging from science fiction, epic fantasy, humorous horror, gritty suspense, steampunk, and mystery. He has published over half a million wor