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Future on Ice

New York, NY: Tor Books, 1998

  • Orson Scott Card: Editor
Short Story
Science fiction--Religious aspects; Science fiction, American.
A widely varied, immensely enjoyable, and historically important anthology,Future on Ice is a showcase for the hottest stories by the coolest SF writers of the 1980s. Complete with a preface, introduction, and story notes by Card himself, here are early stories from eighteen incredibly talented authors who have since shattered the face of science fiction. [from publisher's web site]
Contents: Introduction : science fiction and "the force" -- Robot dreams / Isaac Asimov -- Portraits of his children / George R.R. Martin -- Tourists / Lisa Goldstein -- Blood music / Greg Bear -- Time's rub / Gregory Benford -- Shanidar / David Zindell -- Speech sounds / Octavia E. Butler -- Snow / John Crowley -- Klein's machine / Andrew Weinder -- Pots / C.J. Cherryh -- Press enter / John Varley -- Dinosaurs / Walter Jon Williams -- Face value / Karen Joy Fowler -- Cabracan / Lewis Shiner -- Rockabye baby / S.C. Sykes -- The pure product / John Kessel -- Out of all them bright stars / Nancy Kress -- The fringe / Orson Scott Card.
  • more information at publisher's web site
PZ 4 .F98x 1998

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