The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 (Unabridged) - Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Yoon Ha Lee, Linda Nagata, Vina Jie-Min Prasad & Alastair Reynolds
By Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Yoon Ha Lee, Linda Nagata, Vina Jie-Min Prasad & Alastair Reynolds
Release Date: 2018-06-19
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fict |
Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Yoon Ha Lee, Linda Nagata, Vina Jie-Min Prasad & Alastair Reynolds |
An unabridged audio collection spotlighting the ābest of the bestā science fiction stories published in 2017 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents.
In āMy English Nameā, by R. S. Benedict, an intelligent alien, who parasitizes an English teacher in China, falls in love. After a victorious space battle, an indentured robot finds a refugee who makes an offer it canāt refuse in āZen and the Art of Starship Maintenanceā, by Tobias S. Buckell. In āThe Moon Is Not a Battlefieldā, by Indrapramit Das, an Indian soldier retires on Earth after spending most of her life on the moon. A young woman joins the US Army to fight terrorists after aliens arrive on Earth bearing tech gifts unevenly dispersed to humans in āDear Sarahā, by Nancy Kress.
In āAn Evening with Severyn Grimesā, by Rich Larson, a gifted hacker uses cyberspace to extract payback on the rich businessman who put her in prison. Set in the authorās hexarchate universe, an ex-Kel super soldier is enlisted to retrieve a weapon of mass destruction stolen by a rogue general in āThe Chameleonās Glovesā, by Yoon Ha Lee. In āThe Martian Obeliskā, by Linda Nagata, on a dying Earth, an architect remotely building a monument to mankind on Mars receives a message from an abandoned Mars colony. A petty meat counterfeiter is blackmailed into forging T-bone steaks for an anonymous thug in āA Series of Steaksā, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad.
In āThe Residue of Fireā, by Robert Reed, a torturer tries to cope with one of his alien victims who witnessed a pivotal moment in the lives of two immortals, in this Great Ship tale. And finally, in this Revelation Space tale, a starship captain wakes from hibernation with her ship stalled next to an alien artifact and a mutiny in progress in āNight Passageā, by Alastair Reynolds.
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 (Unabridged) - Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Yoon Ha Lee, Linda Nagata, Vina Jie-Min Prasad & Alastair Reynolds
By Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Yoon Ha Lee, Linda Nagata, Vina Jie-Min Prasad & Alastair Reynolds
Release Date: 2018-06-19
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
