Features a collection of science fiction stories that describe individuals who experience a pivotal moment of understanding about the mechanics of the universe.
Featuring contributions from Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and Greg Bear, this brilliant collection of sci-fi stories are centered around those that experience an ultimate - and wondrous - moment of understanding about the mechanics of the universe. Original.
Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, this exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and Greg Bear.
The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with a sense of wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart ofEngineering Infinity. Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it's hard science-fiction where sense of wonder is most often found and where science-fiction's true heart lies. The exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Gwyneth Jones.
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Short-listed for Locus Awards (Anthology) 2012.
Introduction: Beyond the Gernsback Continuum..., Jonathan Strahan
Malak, Peter Watts
Watching the Music Dance, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Laikas Ghost, Karl Schroeder
The Invasion of Venus, Stephen Baxter
The Server and the Dragon, Hannu Rajaniemi
Bit Rot, Charles Stross
Creatures with Wings, Kathleen Ann Goonan
Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone, Damien Broderick & Barbara Lamar
Mantis, Robert Reed
Judgement Eve, John C. Wright
A Soldier of the City, David Moles
Mercies, Gregory Benford
The Ki-anna, Gwyneth Jones
The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees, John Barnes
Jonathan Strahan is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 70 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.
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