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Future on Ice: Future on Fire

Autor Orson Scott Card
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2000

Orson Scott Card's companion anthology to Future on Fire, a compendium of exciting stories by the hottest writers of the 1980s and 1990s.

"To my mind, fiction that tastes like medicine is no damn good. If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how 'important' it is?" - Orson Scott Card

Future on Ice is an anthology of stories that will freeze you in your tracks---and change the way you think. Here are early stories from widely varied and immensely talented authors who have since shattered the face of science fiction: George R. R. Martin, Octavia E. Butler, Isaac Asimov, Nancy Kress, Lisa Goldstein, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Zindell, John Crowley, Andrew Weiner, C. J. Cherryh, John Varley, Walter Jon Williams, Karen Joy Fowler, Lewis Siner, Rockabye Baby, and John Kessel.

A widely varied, immensely enjoyable, and historically important anthology, Future on Ice is a showcase for the hottest stories by the coolest SF writers of the 1980s. Complete with a preface, introduction, and story notes by Card himself, here are early stories from eighteen incredibly talented authors who have since shattered the face of science fiction.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312872960
ISBN-10: 0312872968
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 140 x 209 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:Trade Pbk.
Editura: Tor Books
Seria Future on Fire


Descriere

"A selection of some of the best stories of the 1980s. . . . An excellent anthology with important work." That's how "The Denver Post" describes this compendium of sci-fi stories from 18 authors, including Nancy Kress, Gregory Benford, Octavia E. Butler, Lewis Shiner, John Crowley, and George R.R. Martin.

Cuprins

Orson Scott Card / Introduction: Science Fiction and "The Force"
Isaac Asimov / Robot Dreams
George R. R. Martin / Portraits of His Children
Lisa Goldstein / Tourists
Greg Bear / Blood Music
Gregory Benford / Time's Rub
David Zindell / Shanidar
Octavia E. Butler / Speech Sounds
John Crowley / Snow
Andrew Weiner / Klein's Machine
C. J. Cherryh / Pots
John Varley / Press Enter
Walter Jon Williams / Dinosaurs
Karen Joy Fowler / Cabracan
Lewis Siner / Rockabye Baby
John Kessel / The Pure Product
Nancy Kress / Out of All Them Bright Stars
Orson Scott Card / The Fringe


Notă biografică

Edited by Orson Scott Card