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2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush
| Author: | Kevin J. Anderson John McFetridge |
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ECW Press, 2016 |
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| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Eighteen exhilarating journeys into Rush-inspired worlds The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, and thought-provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, bestselling, and award-winning writers each chose a Rush song as the spark for a new story, drawing inspiration from the visionary trio that is Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Enduring stark dystopian struggles or testing the limits of the human spirit, the characters populating 2113 find strength while searching for hope in a world that is repressive, dangerous, or just debilitatingly bland. Most of these tales are science fiction, but some are fantasies, thrillers, even edgy mainstream. Many of Rush's big hits are represented, as well as deeper cuts... with wonderful results. This anthology also includes the seminal stories that inspired the Rush classics "Red Barchetta" and "Roll the Bones," as well as Kevin J. Anderson's novella sequel to the groundbreaking Rush album 2112.
Contents:
- 1 - Introduction: "Imaginations on Fire" - essay by Kevin J. Anderson and John McFetridge
- 3 - On the Fringes of the Fractal - short story by Greg van Eekhout
- 18 - A Patch of Blue - short story by Ron Collins
- 35 - The Burning Times v2.0 - short story by Brian Hodge
- 54 - The Digital Kid - short story by Michael Z. Williamson
- 75 - A Nice Morning Drive - (1973) - short story by Richard S. Foster
- 82 - Author's Note (A Nice Morning Drive) - essay by Richard S. Foster
- 84 - Players - non-genre - [The Blockbuster] - novelette by Dave Wolverton [as by David Farland]
- 109 - Some Are Born to Save the World - short story by Mark Leslie
- 129 - Random Access Memory - short story by John McFetridge
- 149 - Race Human - short story by Larry Dixon
- 199 - A Prayer for "0443" - short story by David Niall Wilson
- 211 - Gonna Roll the Bones - (1967) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
- 239 - Spirits with Visions - novelette by Brad R. Torgersen
- 263 - Into the Night - [Secret World Chronicle] - short story by Mercedes Lackey
- 279 - Day to Day - short story by Dayton Ward
- 299 - Our Possible Pasts - novelette by David Mack
- 326 - Last Night - novelette by Steven Savile
- 352 - 2113 - short story by Kevin J. Anderson
Excerpt
CHAPTER 1
ON THE FRINGES OF THE FRACTAL
GREG VAN EEKHOUT
I was working the squirt station on the breakfast shift at Peevs Burgers when I learned that my best friend's life was over.
The squirt guns were connected by hoses to tanks, each tank containing a different slew formula. Orders appeared in lime-green letters on my screen, and I squirted accordingly. Two Sausage Peev Sandwiches was two squirts from the sausage slew gun. An order of Waffle Peev Sticks was three small dabs of waffle slew. The slew warmed and hardened on the congealer table, and because I'd paid attention during the twenty-minute training course and applied myself, I was knew just when the slew was ready. I was a slew expert.
Sherman was the other squirter on duty that morning. The orders were coming in fast and he was already wheezing on account of his exercise-induced asthma. His raspy breaths interfered with my ability to concentrate. You really have to concentrate because after four hours of standing and squirting there's the danger of letting your mind wander and once you do that you can lose control of the squirts and end up spraying food slew all over the kitchen like a fire hose.
"Wasted slew reflects badly on you," said one of the inspirational posters in the employee restroom.
"What's eating you, Sherman?" I asked, squirting eggs.
He squirted out twelve strips of bacon. "Nothing. Don't worry about it. Not your problem."
I'd known Sherman for a long time. We'd grown up as next-door neighbors, went to the same schools, had the same teachers. This year we were both taking Twenty-Five Places That Will Blow Your Mind (geography) and Six Equations You Won't Believe (pre-college math) and You'll Have Itchy Eyes After Reading These Heartbreaking Stories (AP English). We did everything together, and even though he was a little higher stat than I was, he never made me feel weird about it.
"C'mon, Sherman. Don't just stand there squirting in silent pain. Tell your pal Deni what's wrong."
He wheezed a while longer, really laboring. Then, like a miserable little volcano, he let it out: "My family lost stat yesterday."
Copyright © 2016 by Kevin J. Anderson
Copyright © 2016 by John McFetridge
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