John Kessel

James Patrick Kelly

Following the rapid evolution of cyberpunk from Bruce Sterling and William Gibson into the current millennium, this vivid anthology welcomes a new generation of exciting writers to take the genre in new and unexpected directions. Cyberpunk freewheels with punk rock energy, careening between the internet, bioengineering, and international politics, its influence saturating entertainment and the mass media. Drawing on the traditions of the pioneering cyberpunk manifesto, Mirrorshades, each story delves into the gritty world of technological change. Legendary Mirrorshades editor and contributor Bruce Sterling is back, alongside such cutting-edge writers as Cory Doctorow, Jonathan Lethem, Gwyneth Jones, Hal Duncan, Charles Stross, and Pat Cadigan. With a daring introduction from James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, editors of the controversial Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology, this collection is an exhilarating snapshot of a vibrant literary movement.

The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology

Rewired

Burn

This ingeniously conceived anthology raises the intriguing question, If Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative fiction, this literary collection reveals that the lines between genres have already been obscured. Don DeLillo's ?Human Moments in World War III” follows the strange detachment of two astronauts who are orbiting in a skylab while a third world war rages on earth. ?The Ziggurat” by Gene Wolfe traverses a dissolving marriage, a custody dispute, and the visit of time travelers from the future. T. C. Boyle's ?Descent of Man” is the subversively funny tale of a man who suspects that his primatologist lover is having an affair with one of her charges. In ?Schwarzschild Radius,” Connie Willis draws an allegorical parallel between the horrors of trench warfare and the speculative physics of black holes. Artfully crafted and offering a wealth of esteemed authors?from writers within the genre to those normally associated with mainstream fiction, as well as those with a crossover reputation?this volume aptly demonstrates that great science fiction appears in many guises.

The Secret History of Science Fiction

Presents a collection of science fiction tales on the topic of slipstream by such authors as Michael Chabon, George Saunders, Karen Joy Fowler, and Carol Emschwiller.

The Slipstream Anthology

Feeling Very Strange

Look Into the Sun

And Other Stories

Think Like a Dinosaur

Wildlife

Collects stories by the Hugo award-winning author, including "Heroics," Big Guy," and "The First Law of Thermodynamics"

Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories

Mother Go

A selection of fiction and nonfiction traces the path of the Singularity, an era when advances in technology will totally transform human reality, and features stories and essays by H. G. Wells, Elizabeth Bear, Ray Kurzweil, Justina Robson, Cory Doctorow and many more. Original.

The Singularity Anthology

Digital Rapture

The Jurisdiction of the Simple Confessor

Alex Shvartsman

Jack McDevitt

Stephen Leigh

Robert J. Sawyer

Kij Johnson

Nick DiChario

Robert T. Jeschonek

Lou J. Berger

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 1: MARCH 2013Edited by Mike ResnickStories by: Robert J. Sawyer, Kij Johnson, Jack McDevitt, Stephen Leigh, James Patrick Kelly, Nick DiChario, Lou J. Berger , Alex Shvartsman, Robert T. JeschonekSerialization: Dark Universe by Daniel F. GalouyeColumns by: Barry Malzberg, Horace CocroftBook Reviews: Paul Cook.Galaxy's Edge is a bi-monthly (every two months) magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old (reprint) stories, new columns by Barry Malzberg and Horace Cocroft and book reviews by Paul Cook.

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Galaxy's Edge

Big Guy

The Hugo Award-winning author offers fifteen tales ranging from contemporary fantasy and off-beat romance to science fiction and horror.

Strange But Not a Stranger

One woman's personal story shows how the life-styles of the rich and famous begin to permanently alter the social order when it becomes possible for people to purchase eternal life and super intelligence.

James Patrick Kelly has won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards, but Kellyis far more than an award-winning author. He s a science fictionvisionary. His memorable stories blend classic science fiction with New Agetechnology and a profound understanding of human psychology.

The Promise of Space and Other Stories

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (80 pagine) - Un grande omaggio ad Arthur C. Clarke e un'interessante riflessione sulla natura umana La follia della Godspeed, novella del 2004, considerata dallo stesso Jim Kelly come la sua migliore opera breve, riprende il nome e la storia di una delle prime navi britanniche a portare coloni nel Nord America (i coloni fondarono poi Jamestown, in Virginia). Kelly usa appunto questo riferimento storico come metafora per raccontarci una vicenda di colonizzazione spaziale ambientata in un lontano futuro, non molto dissimile come stile dal divertente Dividere la trama. L’umanità ha inviato numerose astronavi, dotate di teletrasporto per i passeggeri, in giro per la galassia a scovare pianeti abitabili, e le sue genti si sono sparse ovunque, portando con sé la diversità delle culture tipiche della nostra razza. Adel Ranger Santos è un giovane abitante di un remoto mondo rurale, vincitore di un concorso letterario/religioso che gli ha permesso una visita a bordo della Godspeed, la più antica delle Soglie in giro per l’universo, dove incontrerà e farà amicizia con altri bizzarri passeggeri dell’astronave. La sua vicenda, e quella degli altri coloni alle prese con le strane anomalie della Godspeed è tuttavia lo spunto non solo per una serie di vorticose avventure ma anche per una interessante serie di speculazioni religiose e filosofiche sull’evoluzione dell’umanità e sulla sua imprescindibile necessità di credere in una divinità di qualche tipo, sia essa una forma di Cristo Redentore sia un Alieno imperscrutabile e misterioso. Né va dimenticato l’inevitabile confronto e parallelo con uno dei testi più noti della fantascienza, quel 2001: Odissea nello spazio di Kubrick/Clarke, che certo è rimasto nelle menti di tutti gli appassionati del genere. In definitiva, un testo da non perdere. James Patrick Kelly, nato a Mineola, New York, nel 1951, è uno dei migliori autori della fantascienza moderna. È noto in Italia soprattutto per la sua narrativa breve, ed è stato infatti più volte ospitato nelle antologie dei migliori racconti dell’anno curate da Gardner Dozois e da David Hartwell. Delos Books ha pubblicato il suo romanzo L’utopia di Walden (Odissea Fantascienza 23, 2008), incentrato sulle teorie di Henry David Thoreau e vincitore di un premio Nebula. Kelly è un pezzo di storia della fantascienza: era già presente nella leggendaria antologia Mirrorshades curata da Gibson e Sterling, ha vinto, oltre al Nebula già citato, anche due volte il premio Hugo per il miglior racconto (nel 1996 per l’ormai classico Think like a Dinosaur e nel 2000 per 1016 to 1). In tempi recenti ha curato con John Kessel alcune antologie che offrono una carrellata delle ultimissime tendenze del genere, quali lo slipstream e il post-cyberpunk. Delos Digital è sempre stata molto attenta alle opere di quest’autore, di cui ha presentato anche i recentissimi Immersione profonda, Più o meno, nonché Gli uomini sono un problema e Dividere la trama, apparsi in questa stessa collana.

La follia della Godspeed

Singularity

James Patrick Kelly is known for finding the future unnervingly nearby, and he enters with his deep empathy and dry humor at the ready. A longtime favorite of SF readers is at the top of his game here. In the title story, a college acid trip becomes a window into an unexpected and apparently unavoidable future. In “Itsy Bitsy Spider” a disappointed woman’s robotic girlhood takes her by the hand and leads her back to the destiny that eluded her. Two short plays render alien invasion terrifyingly mundane and death annoyingly impermanent. “The Best Christmas Ever” is celebrated by sims and droids instead of the usual jolly elves. Our Outspoken Interview and a bibliography round out this long-awaited new collection.

The First Law of Thermodynamics

The tiny planet of Morobe Pea has a new owner and he is trying to make the planet a paradise named Walden, after the famous Thoreau community. But, the previous residents have other ideas about how to run the place and are willing to set fire to themselves in order to obtain their goals.

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