The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 (Unabridged) - Gregory Benford, Dave Hutchinson, Nancy Kress, Ramez Naam, Alec Nevala-Lee, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Watts & Bond Elam
By Gregory Benford, Dave Hutchinson, Nancy Kress, Ramez Naam, Alec Nevala-Lee, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Watts & Bond Elam
Release Date: 2018-12-21
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stor |
Gregory Benford, Dave Hutchinson, Nancy Kress, Ramez Naam, Alec Nevala-Lee, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Watts & Bond Elam |
An unabridged audio collection spotlighting the âbest of the bestâ hard science-fiction stories published in 2017 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by Tom Dheere and Nancy Linari.
In âShadows of Eternityâ by Gregory Benford, a student investigates enigmatic SETI recordings from probes sent to nearby stars despite her teachersâ admonishments to stick to the curriculum.
As war and pollution ravage the last survivors on Earth, an alien robot descends to help save the planet in âThe Chatter of Monkeysâ by Bond Elam.
In âAcadieâ by Dave Hutchinson, the first humans still, even after 500 years, hunt across the stars for their augmented children who have left Earth in search of paradise.
The crew of an exploratory starship finds an icy moon that might harbor life in âCanoeâ by Nancy Kress.
In âThe Use of Thingsâ by Ramez Naam, an astronaut struggles to survive after being jolted free from an asteroid while on a solitary prospecting mission.
A problem with the local birds threatens the rebuilding of Bikini Island as sea-levels rise due to global warming in âThe Proving Groundâ by Alec Nevala-Lee.
In âHoldfastâ by Alastair Reynolds, a genmod human soldier faces off with an alien warrior in the inhospitable terrain of a superjovian planet.
A Russian astronaut, gathering debris in near-Earth space, must make tough moral choices when asked to carry out a special mission in âVanguard 2.0â by Carter Scholz.
And finally, after a terrorist attack, a technically dead fish farmer gets a new body and second chance at life as an experimental super soldier, in âZeroSâ by Peter Watts.
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 (Unabridged) - Gregory Benford, Dave Hutchinson, Nancy Kress, Ramez Naam, Alec Nevala-Lee, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Watts & Bond Elam
By Gregory Benford, Dave Hutchinson, Nancy Kress, Ramez Naam, Alec Nevala-Lee, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Watts & Bond Elam
Release Date: 2018-12-21
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
