James Patrick Kelly Books

"The circus is in town, and on the planet Boon, that's big, potentially riotous news. The delicate, decaying political balance maintained by the cloned human grands at the expense of the uplifted dog and cat populations is in danger of toppling under the influence of mysterious forces both outer and inner. When Gio Barbaro--clone descendant of one of Boon's ancient leaders, junior Senator, known friend to dogs and secret iconoclast--is recruited by the ringmaster cat, Scratch, he's knowingly going against everything his family and class believes in. The question, though, is what Gio believes in."--Amazon

This landmark anthology presents thirty groundbreaking stories from the masters of speculative fiction heralding the future of the genre with original and revolutionary works. All-new, original stories by � Ursula K. Le Guin � Gregory Benford � Joe Haldeman � Joyce Carol Oates � and many others On K2 with Kanakaredes by Dan Simmons The Building by Ursula K. Le Guin Froggies by Laura Whitton What We Did That Summer by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg A Slow Saturday Night at the Surrealist Sporting Club by Michael Moorcock In Xanadu by Thomas M. Disch Commencement by Joyce Carol Oates Unique Visitors by James Patrick Kelly BIack TuIip by Harry Turtledove Belief by P. D. Cacek In the Un-Black by Stephen Baxter Weeping Walls by Paul Di Filippo Anomalies by Gregory Benford Captive Kong by Kit Reed Feedback by Robert E. Vardeman Between Disappearances by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Resurrection by David Morrell Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand Burros Gone Bad by Peter Schneider Pockets by Rudy Rucker and John Shirley Ave de Paso by Catherine Asaro Road Kill by Joe Haldeman Ting-a-Ling by Jack Dann ‘Bassador by Catherine Wells Ssoroghod’s People by Larry Niven Two Shot by Michael Marshall Smith Billy the Fetus by Al Sarrantonio Viewpoint by Gene Wolfe Fungi by Ardath Mayhar Rhido Wars by Neal Barrett, Jr.

Rebelling against her fashion drug designer father, freelance journalist and troubled clone Wynne Cage covers a data-heist that places her in the rank of a thief and must confront the forces of a world with unlimited bio-technological advantages. Reprint. AB.

Kyberpunk jako revoltující, řvoucí a živoucí subžánr se po mnoha letech od svého vzniku sice téměř rozplynul v širokém proudu současné science fiction, ale jak dokazuje šestnáct kratších prací zahrnutých do zcela nové antologie, tu a tam kyberpunkové motivy vyplouvají na povrch stejně silné jako kdysi. Proslulá autorská dvojice se tentokrát v nezvyklé roli editorů pokusila zachytit nespoutanou duši, která stále žije. A daří se jim to nad očekávání. Povídky od autorů jako Bruce Sterling, Greg Egan, Pat Cadiganová, William Gibson, David Marusek, Michael Swanwick, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bearová, Paolo Bacigalupi či Cory Doctorow se mohou směle měřit s tím nejlepším z klasického období kyberpunku. Po více než dvaceti letech se však přece jen změnila řada věcí. A tak místo technologie spjaté přímo s lidským tělem jde spíše o výdobytky moderní doby, které transformují samotnou lidskou duši a dávají tušit, že nás někdy v budoucnu může potkat zrod tajuplné singularity. Je na ni lidstvo připraveno? A co virtuální realita, obklopí nás v budoucnosti světy jen stěží rozeznatelné od toho našeho?