Dogged Persistence

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781930846036
• ISBN10: 1930846037
• Edition: Limited
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press

Summary

This short story collection is from the bestselling author well known for his novels based onStar WarsandThe X-Files. The title story is a gritty tale of the ultimate use of nanotechnologyimmortality. "Human, MartianOne, Two, Three" is a novella-length story about the terraforming of Mars. In addition to Anderson's original fiction, this collection features his shared writing, including the first new Dune fiction, the story "A Whisper of Caladan Seas," cowritten with Brian Herbert. Also included are the horrific tale "Drumbeats," written with drummer Neal Peart of the band Rush, and "Prisoner of War," a sequel to Harlan Ellison's classic Outer Limits teleplay, "Soldier."

Author Biography

Kevin J. Anderson is the author of Antibodies and Ground Zero and the coauthor of Dune: House Atreides. He lives in Monument, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Writer's Words about the Artist's Art	xiv
Fondest of Memories	3	(8)
Music Played on the Strings of Time	11	(11)
Tide Pools	22	(13)
Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror - with Doug Beason	35	(14)
Entropy Ranch	49	(21)
Dogged Persistence	70	(18)
Human, Martian - One, Two, Three	88	(32)
Scientific Romance	120	(10)
Canals in the Sand	130	(16)
Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas - with Brian Herbert	146	(17)
Prisoner of War	163	(31)
Much at Stake	194	(15)
New Recruits	209	(21)
Final Performance	230	(19)
The Old Man and the Cherry Tree	249	(7)
Sea Dreams - with Rebecca Moesta	256	(12)
The Ghost of Christmas Always	268	(19)
Drumbeats - with Neil Peart	287