Federations

by Adams, John Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781607012016
• ISBN10: 1607012014
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Diamond Comic Distributors

Summary

Starred Review. Accomplished editor Adams (The Living Dead) explores a host of galaxy-spanning empires in this breathtakingly rich anthology. Lois McMaster Bujold's elegant, elegiacal masterpiece Aftermaths brings grace and sorrow into the silence between stars. Clever and subtle, Alan Dean Foster's Pardon Our Conquest examines how diplomacy is perceived by the losing side. Even Harry Turtledove's Someone Is Stealing the Great Throne Rooms of the Galaxy far surpasses what one might expect from the pun-filled adventures of a space hamster named Rufus Q. Shupilluliumash. Newer writers also contribute standouts: Trent Hergenrader's Eskhara is poignant, masterful and terrifyingly relevant to modern life, Georgina Li's Like They Always Been Free is a harsh, bright vision of futuristic love and Catherynne M. Valente's Golubush, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy smoothly transforms mundane copywriting into a linked series of flash fictions. Superior writing, fantastic storytelling and creative adherence to the theme will keep readers enthralled. (July) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Mazer in Prison	p. 12
Carthago Delenda Est	p. 36
Life-Suspension	p. 49
Terra-Exulta	p. 66
Aftermaths	p. 76
Someone is Stealing the Great Throne Rooms of the Galaxy	p. 88
Prisons	p. 98
Different Day	p. 119
Twilight of the Gods	p. 123
Warship	p. 147
Swanwatch	p. 154
Spirey and the Queen	p. 165
Pardon Our Conquest	p. 197
Symbiont	p. 208
The Ship Who Returned	p. 229
My She	p. 269
The Shoulders of Giants	p. 285
The Culture Archivist	p. 302
The Other Side of Jordan	p. 318
Like They Always Been Free	p. 332
Eskhara	p. 336
The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses	p. 351
Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy	p. 367
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