Books in the Outspoken Authors series

Wry, dark humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic, sometimes troubling, but always fascinating tales that combine and masterfully conflate the disparate worlds of corporate tech and literary art.';After the Thaw' is a hi-tech take on an ancient idea: immortality. ';Terrible Trudy on the Lam' based on actual events, is a modern fable about a zoo escape, a private eye, a vaudeville act and keeping your mouth shut. ';Night Shift at NanoGobblers,' written for a NASA website, is about asteroid-altering AIs and their world-weary earthbound handlers. ';Transitions' deals with jet lag when your flight is decades late. Gunn's long-awaited third collection is rounded out by incisive and affectionate portraits of her SF colleagues, mentors, and friends, beginning with Ursula Le Guin. All illuminated of course by our artfully intimate interview.

';Arctic Sky' tells of a young climate activist who discovers her own courage in the frozen depths of a Russian prison. ';Palimpsest' is set on a bionic (living)space station that launches explorers into the farthest reaches of Time and Space. In ';The Room on the Roof' an ancient culture meets modern mysteries with unexpected results. Our non-fiction title piece, ';Utopias of the Third Kind,' is a first look at actual utopias that are responding to our looming dystopian nightmare. ';Hunger' is a short story that finds both understanding and forgiveness for humankind's original sin. Our Outspoken Interview and a bibliography round out this new collection.