New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction
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Book Overview
New Skies...imaginative stories for a new generation of science fiction fans. Here are writers such as Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card, Jane Yolen, Greg Bear, Kim Stanley Robinson, Steven Gould, Connie Willis, Spider Robinson, and many more. Here is a careening adventure along the outside of a tower looming miles above the ground, and a tale of desperate survival on the deadly surface of the Moon. Here is a world in which children divorce their parents, and the story of a four-dimensional boy in a three-dimensional world. Here are future young people rebuilding after terrible disasters, and here is a story of the future development of baseball--on Mars. Nightmarish or whimsical, irreverent or swashbuckling, each of these stories is an adventure in imagination. Journey from the here and now into New Skies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0765340046
ISBN13:9780765340047
Release Date:July 2004
Publisher:Tor Books
Length:275 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.0" x 7.1"
Age Range:13 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 8 to 12
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Fresh modern stories
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
It's hard to define the "modern era" of science fiction, but this anthology provides a good measure. The stories (originally published from 1981 to 2002) have a freshness, perhaps by asking questions about how we humans would react to future realities. These 17 stores are not hard on scientific details, but rather focus on human reaction. There are no rigid forms and Maureen McHughs "Lincoln Train" could be thought of as alternate history. Greg Bear's "Tangents" tells a story of a young boy interacting with an older experimental couple, and the boys reaching new worlds that the couple could only glimpse. Philip K. Dick (creator of Blade Runner) short tale of cat-kibble and boredom is easy to relate to. Orson Scott Card's "Salvage", perhaps updates the James Dean story of restlessness and homesickness. Less we think that the future belongs to the humans Terry Bisson's "They're made out of meat" puts us in our place. A great anthology!
well written strong collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This seventeen story anthology provides readers with some of the better shorts that focused on new scientific discoveries and theories. The tales include eight from the 1980s, six from the 1990s and three from the current decade. Each of the contributions is well written and applies recent scientific thought and theory to enhance a particular sub-genre. The authors, many of whom are major award winners, are some of the top guns of the past twenty plus years, but each entry shows why that writer is very highly regarded. Fans of short story collections that use modern science as a base for future predictions of what is to come or just want to understand some of the more current theories will take great delight in reading NEW SKIES, a well written strong collection with no weak stories.Harriet Klausner
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