Description
Book SynopsisThe universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity.
Whether it’s coming up hard against the speed of light – and, with it, the enormity of the universe – realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you’d ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it’s hard science-fiction where a sense of discovery is most often found and where science-fiction’s true heart lies.
This exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field, including Gwyneth Jones, Stephen Baxter and Charles Stross.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Beyond the Gernsback Continuum..., Jonathan Strahan
- Malak, Peter Watts
- Watching the Music Dance, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Laika’s Ghost, Karl Schroeder
- The Invasion of Venus, Stephen Baxter
- The Server and the Dragon, Hannu Rajaniemi
- Bit Rot, Charles Stross
- Creatures with Wings, Kathleen Ann Goonan
- Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone, Damien Broderick & Barbara Lamar
- Mantis, Robert Reed
- Judgement Eve, John C. Wright
- A Soldier of the City, David Moles
- Mercies, Gregory Benford
- The Ki-anna, Gwyneth Jones
- The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees, John Barnes
