Mini-Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Allan Kaster, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Carol Emshwiller, Molly Gloss, Joe Haldeman, Bruce McAllister, Paul McAuley, Bud Sparhawk, Greg van Eekhou, Tom Dheere

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Mini-Masterpieces of Science Fiction by Allan Kaster, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Carol Emshwiller, Molly Gloss, Joe Haldeman, Bruce McAllister, Paul McAuley, Bud Sparhawk, Greg van Eekhou, Tom Dheere
A superb collection of short, science fiction tales by this genre s contemporary, and emerging, masters. Unabridged readings by Vanessa Hart and Tom Dheere (228 minutes on 3 audio CDs). Alien communications are deciphered as Earth is destroyed in Last Contact by Stephen Baxter. A girl auto-asphyxiates to communicate with another world in Elizabeth Bear s The Something-Dreaming Game. A girl lives in the shadow of her super-hero grandmother in Carol Emshwiller s Grandma. A sheepherder discovers a space ship wreck in Lambing Season by Molly Gloss. The bright and the blind intersect in Joe Haldeman s Hugo award winning story, None So Blind. A boy hires an assassin to save his sister in Kin by Bruce McAllister. Genetic engineering reaches its ultimate climax in Paul J. McAuley s Gene Wars. Future wars require great sacrifices in Bright Red Star by Bud Sparhawk. A robot aids a boy s search for a better life in Far as You Can Go by Greg van Eekhout.
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