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Descripción

xxi, 345 pages ; 21 cm.

Colección

Best American series

Best American series.

Nota

"A Mariner Original."

Sumario

"Science fiction and fantasy enjoy a long literary tradition, stretching from Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, and Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and William Gibson. In The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy award-winning editor John Joseph Adams delivers a diverse and vibrant collection of stories published in the previous year. Featuring writers with deep science fiction and fantasy backgrounds, along with those who are infusing traditional fiction with speculative elements, these stories uphold a longstanding tradition in both genres - looking at the world and asking, What if . . . ?"--provided by publisher.

Contenido

Foreword -- Introduction: launching rockets -- How to get back to the forest / Sofia Samatar -- Help me follow my sister into the Land of the Dead / Carmen Maria Machado -- Tortoiseshell cats are not refundable / Cat Rambo -- The bad graft / Karen Russell -- A guide to the fruits of Hawai'i / Alaya Dawn Johnson -- Each to each / Seanan MaGuire -- Orges of East Africa / Sofia Samatar -- Cimmeria: from the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology / Theodora Goss -- Sleeper / Jo Walton -- How the marquis got his coat back / Neil Gaiman -- Windows / Susan Palwick -- The thing about shapes to come / Adam-Troy Castro -- We are the cloud / Sam J. Miller -- The blue afternoon that lasted forever / Daniel H. Wilson -- Skullpocket / Nathan Ballingrud -- I can see right through you / Kelly Link -- The empties / Jess Row -- The one they took before / Kelly Sandoval -- The relieve box / T. C. Boyle -- How to become a robot in 12 easy steps / A. Merc Rustad -- Contributor's notes -- Other notable science fiction and fantasy stories of 2014.

Materia

Science fiction, American.

Fantasy fiction, American.

Short stories, American.

Fantasy fiction, American.

Science fiction, American.

Short stories, American.

Género/Forma

Science fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Short stories.

Otro Autor

Hill, Joe,

Adams, John Joseph, 1976-

ISBN

9780544449770

0544449770