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 ā€œbest 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 ā€œMy 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 can’t refuse in ā€œZen and the Art of Starship Maintenanceā€, by Tobias S. Buckell. In ā€œThe 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 ā€œDear Sarahā€, by Nancy Kress. 

In ā€œAn 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 author’s hexarchate universe, an ex-Kel super soldier is enlisted to retrieve a weapon of mass destruction stolen by a rogue general in ā€œThe Chameleon’s Glovesā€, by Yoon Ha Lee. In ā€œThe 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 ā€œA Series of Steaksā€, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. 

In ā€œThe 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 ā€œNight 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

(0 ratings)
An unabridged audio collection spotlighting the ā€œbest 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 ā€œMy 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 can’t refuse in ā€œZen and the Art of Starship Maintenanceā€, by Tobias S. Buckell. In ā€œThe 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 ā€œDear Sarahā€, by Nancy Kress. 

In ā€œAn 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 author’s hexarchate universe, an ex-Kel super soldier is enlisted to retrieve a weapon of mass destruction stolen by a rogue general in ā€œThe Chameleon’s Glovesā€, by Yoon Ha Lee. In ā€œThe 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 ā€œA Series of Steaksā€, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. 

In ā€œThe 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 ā€œNight Passageā€, by Alastair Reynolds.

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