The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future
Author: | Gardner Dozois |
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St. Martin's Griffin, 2000 |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
It is the essence of science fiction to chart the possibilities of the future, but it takes the hand of a master to capture the farthest reaches of time--futures almost unimaginably distant. The Furthest Horizon collects seventeen of the most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including:
* Brian Aldiss * Paul Anderson * Avram Davidson * Joe Haldeman * Alexander Jablokov * Paul J. McAuley * Ian McDonald * Michael Moorcock * Frederik Pohl * Robert Reed * Keith Roberts * Robert Silverberg * Cordwainer Smith * James Tiptree, Jr. * Jack Vance * Walter Jon Williams * Gene Wolfe
Table of Contents:
- Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
- Guyal of Sfere - (1950) - novella by Jack Vance
- Old Hundredth - (1960) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
- Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
- Day Million - (1966) - short story by Frederik Pohl
- Bumberboom - (1966) - novelette by Avram Davidson
- Coranda - (1967) - novelette by Keith Roberts
- Nightwings - (1968) - novella by Robert Silverberg
- Pale Roses - (1974) - novelette by Michael Moorcock
- Anniversary Project - (1975) - short story by Joe Haldeman
- Slow Music - (1980) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
- The Map - (1984) - short story by Gene Wolfe
- Dinosaurs - (1987) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
- The Death Artist - (1990) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
- Sister Alice - (1993) - novella by Robert Reed
- Recording Angel - (1995) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
- Genesis - (1995) - novella by Poul Anderson
- The Days of Solomon Gursky - (1998) - novella by Ian McDonald
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