Engineering Infinity

by Strahan, Jonathan; Stross, Charles; Baxter, Stephen; Jones, Gwyneth; Bear, Greg; Watts, Peter; Rusch, Kristine Kathryn; Schroeder, Karl; Rajaniemi, Hannu; Goonan, Kathleen Ann; Broderick, Damien; Lamar, Barbara; Reed, Robert; Wright, John C.; Moles, David

• ISBN13: 9781907519529
• ISBN10: 1907519521
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-28
• Publisher: Solaris
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Summary

The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with a sense of wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart ofEngineering Infinity.Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it's hard science-fiction where sense of wonder is most often found and where science-fiction's true heart lies. The exciting and innovation science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and Greg Bear.

Author Biography

Johnathan Strahan is an editor and anthologist. He co-edited The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series in 1997 and 1998. He is also the reviews editor of Locus. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife and their two daughters.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Beyond the Gernsback Continuum..., Jonathan Strahan
• Malak, Peter Watts
• Watching the Music Dance, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Laika’s Ghost, Karl Schroeder
• The Invasion of Venus, Stephen Baxter
• The Server and the Dragon, Hannu Rajaniemi
• Bit Rot, Charles Stross
• Creatures with Wings, Kathleen Ann Goonan
• Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone, Damien Broderick & Barbara Lamar
• Mantis, Robert Reed
• Judgement Eve, John C. Wright
• A Soldier of the City, David Moles
• Mercies, Gregory Benford
• The Ki-anna, Gwyneth Jones
• The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees, John Barnes