- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books (Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312865376
- ISBN-13: 978-0312865375
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.5 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 663,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"It should now be clear to all that Nancy Kress is a dominant figure in modern science fiction."--"Analog".
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"The twenty-first century, it's often remarked, will transform our knowledge of biology, in the same way that the twentieth century transformed physics. With knowledge of course, comes application. And with the application of all we are learning about genetic engineering come social and ethical questions, some of them knotty.
This is where science fiction enters, stage left. Scientific laboratories are where the new technologies are rehearsed. Science fiction rehearses the implications of those technologies. What might we eventually do with out new-found power? Should we do it? Who should do it? Who will be affected? How? Is that a good thing or not? For whom?
Of the thirteen stories in this book, eight of them are concerned with what might come out of the beakers and test tubes and gene sequencers of microbiology. Not everything in these stories will come to pass. Possibly nothing in them will; fiction is not prediction. But I hope the stories at least raise questions about the world rushing in onus at the speed--not of light--but of thought."
-- Nancy Kress from her introduction
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
This is where science fiction enters, stage left. Scientific laboratories are where the new technologies are rehearsed. Science fiction rehearses the implications of those technologies. What might we eventually do with out new-found power? Should we do it? Who should do it? Who will be affected? How? Is that a good thing or not? For whom?
Of the thirteen stories in this book, eight of them are concerned with what might come out of the beakers and test tubes and gene sequencers of microbiology. Not everything in these stories will come to pass. Possibly nothing in them will; fiction is not prediction. But I hope the stories at least raise questions about the world rushing in onus at the speed--not of light--but of thought."
-- Nancy Kress from her introduction
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kress shows that the products of such engineering is good, & yet. It is so difficult to know what's right with human nature as is, imagine how hard it'll be if we change that nature unthinkingly? At the same time her compassion doesn't waver. You can be against unthinking engineering yet still be compassionate, & pro-science. Inspire through hope rather than pander through fear. Someone said it bothered them as a Catholic. If you're that weak in your beliefs don't blame her. A truly great author who deserves all the acclaim for her short work we can give.
Yet sometimes her balance goes awry & she gets preachy or sappy. Still, it's such a hard balancing act I give her credit.
Format:Hardcover
I've read most of the stories in this collection before, but rereading some of them were incredibly satisfying. I think the short story medium is Kress' strongest, and her novels are a far cry from her excellent short stories.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being a huge Nancy Kress fan in Britain means it's often hard to egt all her stuff, so it was brilliant to be able to order this excellent book. I hadn't read any of her short stories and I think she displayed her talents in a format which can be challenging. I especially liked her take on 'Sleeping Beauty'..she managed to make it poignant without being too sentimental. Great.
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