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Crystal Nights and Other Stories

This collection gathers a selection of short stories by a leading writer of hard science fiction, pieces that had not previously appeared in book form. Each story takes a scientific idea seriously and follows its consequences with careful logic, whether the setting is a distant future, an unusual physical world or a present-day experiment pushed beyond its limits. The tales range widely in scale and tone, from intimate studies of people facing strange new possibilities to larger puzzles about how minds, machines and the universe behave. Readers who enjoy ideas-driven fiction will find a varied sample of the author's inventive work in one volume.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 310 pages

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