Modern Greats of Science Fiction: Nine Novellas of Distinction (College of Mystery #2 - The Green Leopard Plague)

Jonathan Strahan, Kage Baker, Walter Jon Williams, Robert Freeman Wexler, John Meaney, Lucius Shepard, Connie Willis, Terry Bisson, John C. Wright, William Barton

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Modern Greats of Science Fiction: Nine Novellas of Distinction by Jonathan Strahan, Kage Baker, Walter Jon Williams, Robert Freeman Wexler, John Meaney, Lucius Shepard, Connie Willis, Terry Bisson, John C. Wright, William Barton
Modern Greats of Science Fiction: Nine Novellas of Distinction. "These are good times for the novella", says editor Jonathan Strahan, offering nine of these "marvels of compression". From a distant future where both beer and rebellion brew in a tavern on Mars to an alternate WWII—where the cutting-edge science is quantum biology, and from a haunting story of a bizarre prison without guards or rules to a Bradbury-esque tale of small-town America, Modern Greats of Science Fiction: Nine Novellas of Distinction is a landmark collection of some of the finest short work in science fiction, a must-have collection for sf readers.

Contents:
* Introduction (Best Short Novels: 2004) (2004) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
* The Empress of Mars [Mars] (2003) / novella by Kage Baker: a distant future where both beer and rebellion brew in a tavern on Mars.
* The Green Leopard Plague [College of Mystery] (2003) / novella by Walter Jon Williams: tells of a philosopher who develops a way to make human skin photosynthetic-ending starvation as a tool of oppression. But his breakthrough has unforeseen repercussions.
* Springdale Town (2003) / novella by Robert Freeman Wexler: Bradbury-esque tale of small-town America.
* The Swastika Bomb (2003) / novella by John Meaney
* Jailwise (2003) / novella by Lucius Shepard: haunting story of a bizarre prison without guards or rules.
* Just Like the Ones We Used to Know (2003) / novella by Connie Willis: the ultimate global warming effect: a freak snowstorm that effectively shuts down North America.
* Greetings (2003) / novella by Terry Bisson
* Awake in the Night (2003) / novella by John C. Wright: life in a distant future after the sun has gone out and true humans are confined to a single giant pyramid.
* Off on a Starship (2003) / novella by William Barton: a sf-loving teen travels on-an automated probe that carries him across space to a world where he's all alone, except for a robot that becomes increasingly female.


Also published titled: Best Short Novels: 2004 (May2004)
Also published titled: The Best Short Science Fiction Novels of the Year (Jan2006)
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