- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; First Edition edition (16 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575073551
- ISBN-13: 978-0575073555
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 18.8 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,890,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Following on from FUTURES: a second essential snapshot at the best of British SF
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Four new novellas from four of the best writers of British SF, gathered together in one volume with a new introduction by Peter Crowther. A perfect illustration of why British SF is dominating the world SF market at the moment. Top class fiction, cutting edge design, innovative format - the perfect way to catch up with the latest from your favourite SF writers
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Format:Hardcover
Four diverse themes from some of Britains best SF writers.A contemporary supernatural tale from Eric Brown,an alternate history from Ken mccleod,a near future thriller reflecting contemporary paranoia about multinationals from the increasingly impressive AdamRoberts,and what will surely become a classic from the rapidly developing genius Alistair Reynolds.An excellent follow up to last years brilliant futures anthology.Cant wait for next years Cities compilation.
Format:Hardcover
This anthology lives up to its billing!
Eric Brown - A Writers Life
An eloquently written tale of a writer and his new found obsession with another writers works. His empathy for this writer leads him to try and discover the truths behind the scant biography's and subsequent mysterious disappearance. Subtle yet affecting, outside of the usual SF that I have read by Eric Brown.
Ken Macleod - The Human Front
A depiction of an alternate earth in which World War 3 begins shortly after World War 2 in 1949. Charting a portion of the life of a recruit in The Human Front - a revolutionary outfit - and the strange occurrences that he experiences.
Alastair Reynolds - Diamond Dogs
Subsequently published in 'Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days: Tales from the Revelation Space Universe'. Re-reading this story was something I looked forward to. Although some of the surprises were already known to me the story still took me along at a break-neck pace. It's like the Crystal Maze except the host isn't cracking many jokes and the stakes are a lot higher (without trying to make it sound cheesy - it actually has a very gothic, dark-suspense feel). Also, the maze, or blood spire, is on an unexplored world and has alien origins.
Adam Roberts - Park Polar
This is very much a whodunit and we follow a very edgy lead character, Dr McCullough, on an accidental discovery process. We are taken on a somewhat thrilling journey in Park Polar - an arctic park for animals (The said explanation for the parks being that the rest of the world is filled up by people and crops so animals have been genengineered to live in polar regions).
Eric Brown - A Writers Life
An eloquently written tale of a writer and his new found obsession with another writers works. His empathy for this writer leads him to try and discover the truths behind the scant biography's and subsequent mysterious disappearance. Subtle yet affecting, outside of the usual SF that I have read by Eric Brown.
Ken Macleod - The Human Front
A depiction of an alternate earth in which World War 3 begins shortly after World War 2 in 1949. Charting a portion of the life of a recruit in The Human Front - a revolutionary outfit - and the strange occurrences that he experiences.
Alastair Reynolds - Diamond Dogs
Subsequently published in 'Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days: Tales from the Revelation Space Universe'. Re-reading this story was something I looked forward to. Although some of the surprises were already known to me the story still took me along at a break-neck pace. It's like the Crystal Maze except the host isn't cracking many jokes and the stakes are a lot higher (without trying to make it sound cheesy - it actually has a very gothic, dark-suspense feel). Also, the maze, or blood spire, is on an unexplored world and has alien origins.
Adam Roberts - Park Polar
This is very much a whodunit and we follow a very edgy lead character, Dr McCullough, on an accidental discovery process. We are taken on a somewhat thrilling journey in Park Polar - an arctic park for animals (The said explanation for the parks being that the rest of the world is filled up by people and crops so animals have been genengineered to live in polar regions).
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