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Fast Forward

A collection of unthemed, all original science fiction with stories from Robert Charles Wilson, Justina Robson, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robyn Hitchcock, Kage Baker, Tony Ballantyne, Elizabeth Bear, Stephen Baxter, AM Dellamonica, Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper, Louise Marley, Ken MacLeod, Mike Resnick & Nancy Kress, Ian McDonald, Pamela Sargent, Mary A. Turzillo, George Zebrowski, Gene Wolfe, John Meaney, Paul Di Filippo.

FutureShocks

In this stunning collection of short fiction, 16 of today's masters of speculative fiction reveal the terrors, triumphs, and seeming impossibilities awaiting humanity in the years to come. Featuring never-before-published stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Paul Di Filippo, Alan Dean Foster, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Louise Marley, Sean McMullen, John Meaney, Paul Melko, Robert A. Metzger, Chris Roberson, Adam Roberts,Mike Resnick & Harry Turtledove, Robert J. Sawyer, and Robert Charles Wilson.

Projections

Unlike most critical books on speculative fiction and cinema, PROJECTIONS is a collection of essays by the writers themselves, penned by some of the biggest names in the genre. Included are remembrances of founders like H G Wells, Leigh Brackett, and Poul Anderson, essays on the fascist underpinnings of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, detailed discussions of the 90s boom in Australian SF, a look at the historyof the genre in cinema, and controversial opinions about its past, its present, and its future. PROJECTIONS is the book about science fiction by science fiction, the genre turned inward on itself.

Live Without a Net

Imagine a future with cyberspace...without virtual reality...without AIs and simulations...and without the Web. What might we have instead of the net? What might lie on the other side of our information age? What might we see if we were to walk down a road not taken?

“Live Without a Net” is a collection of eighteen stories from some of today’s top talents, visions of futures near and far, glimpses of alternative histories, other dimensions, and more—anything goes, but in each story one or more of the contrivances of the cyberspace era has been replaced by something unexpected and strange. Here then is science fiction unplugged, its wires cut, set free to be Live Without a Net.

Explore a future without a net in these stories of alternatives to the “information age” by Stephen Baxter · David Brin • Paul Di Filippo • Pat Cadigan • John Grant • David Hutchinson • Alex C. Irvine • Terry McGarry • John Meaney • Paul Melko • Mike Resnick and Kay Kenyon • Chris Roberson • Adam Roberts • Rudy Rucker • S.M. Stirling • Del Stone, Jr. • Charles Stross • Matthew Sturges • Michael Swanwick 

Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.com

“A worthwhile read, especially for those who like their stories on the dark side.                                                   

--Sherwood Smith, Tangent Online

“There is much to recommend about Outside the Box, and it has spurred me to look out for more by many of the authors included. Well worth sampling.                     

--John Freeman, editor