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Fast Forward

Science Fiction is the genre that looks at the implications of technology on society, which in this age of exponential technological growth makes it the most relevant branch of literature going. This is only the start, and the close of the 21st century will look absolutely nothing like its inception. It has been said that science fiction is an ongoing dialogue about the future, and the front line of that dialogue is the short story. The field has a long history of producing famous anthologies to showcase its distinguished short fiction, but it has been several years since there has been a prestigious all-original science fiction anthology series.

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Fast Forward is offered in the tradition of Damon Knight's prestigious and influential anthology series, Orbit, and Frederik Pohl's landmark Star SF. Fast Forward marks the start of a new hard science fiction anthology series, dedicated to presenting the vanguard of the genre and charting the undiscovered country that is the future.

Contributors scheduled for the first volume include:

Robert Charles Wilson - YFL-500

Justina Robson - The Girl Hero's Mirror Says He's Not the One

Paolo Bacigalupi - Small Offerings

Robyn Hitchcock - They Came From the Future

Kage Baker - Plotters and Shooters

Tony Ballantyne - Aristotle OS

Elizabeth Bear - The Something-Dreaming Game

Stephen Baxter - No More Stories

A.M. Dellamonica - Time of the Snake

Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper - The Terror Bard

Louise Marley - p dolce

Ken MacLeod - Jesus Christ, Reanimator

Mike Resnick and Nancy Kress - Solomon's Choice

Ian McDonald - Sanjeev and Robotwallah

Pamela Sargent - A Smaller Government

Mary A. Turzillo - Pride

Robyn Hitchcock - I Caught Intelligence

George Zebrowski - Settlements

Gene Wolfe - The Hour of the Sheep

John Meaney - Sideways from Now

Paul Di Filippo - Wikiworld

Audience
adult
Length
long · 409 pages

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