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"An author you definitely need to check out."-Asimov's"One of the leading global writers of hard science fiction."-The Innovation Show"Lerner's world-building and extrapolating are top notch."-SFScope "One of the best kept secrets in SF."-Tangent OnlineBest known for his SF novels - including the InterstellarNet series and (with Larry Niven) the epic Fleet of Worlds series - Edward M. Lerner is also a prolific author of short fiction. This collection showcases many of his finest stories, featuring works selected from over a decade's output.Alternate history. Parallel worlds. Rogue artificial intelligences. Alien invasion. Biting satire as to where the Internet is leading us. A Sherlock Holmes for the next century. Deco punk. Deep thoughts about, well, deep thoughts. In this book, you'll find these - and more - together with Ed's reminiscences as to what led him to create these seventeen gems in the first place.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Edward M. Lerner is the author of fourteen SF novels (five of them collaborations with Larry Niven) and dozens of shorter works, He won the inaugural Canopus Award for fiction "honoring excellence in interstellar writing" and his stories have been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 40: September 2019 Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherSean Patrick Hazlett, Jon Lasser, Nancy Kress, Eric Margerum, Mercedes Lackey, S.R. Mandel, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, J.W. Alden, P.G. Galalis, Joe HaldemanSerialization: Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Richard ChwydykInterview: Joy Ward interviews Kevin J. AndersonGalaxy's Edge is a bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Richard Chwydyk and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Galaxy's Edge magazine is known for its interviews of science fiction and fantasy professionals, and the list of writers and other professionals it has published reads like a who's who of the field, including George R.R. Martin, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Niven, Connie Willis, Lois McMaster Bujold, David Drake and a host of other authors every science fiction reader is familiar with.Many of the interviews conducted by Joy Ward show an intimate, unknown side of the author. However, due to printing limitations of the magazine, many of the conversations had to be shortened to fit into the required format.This book collects all the interviews published in Galaxy's Edge magazine from its inception through to its 34th issue. In many cases these are expanded, original versions of the interviews published in the magazine.Some of these conversations will make you think hard, some will make you smile and laugh, and some may even make you cry. But what each and every interview will do is give you a unique insight into the genre and the lives of these giants of the industry.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 39: July 2019Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherLou J Berger, Shawn Proctor, Joe Haldeman, Floris M. Kleijne, Christopher L. Bennett, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, R.D. Harris, Eleanor R. Wood, Rick Norwood, Nancy Kress, Auston Habershaw, Robert Jeschonek, Kevin J. AndersonSerialization: Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charles SheffieldColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Richard ChwydykInterview: Joy Ward interviews Gordon Van Gelder (Part II)Galaxy's Edge is a bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Richard Chwydyk and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

"Fiction that satisfies as much at the story level as it does at the idea level"-Orson Scott CardThe survivors of the next great war live in isolated farming communities, disdaining technological innovations and creating a deadly mythology around the use of science.People considered to be pursuing the old, evil art of science are burned at the stake because it has become like the witchcraft of old.Yet, there are people who defy the odds and secretly pursue the old arts, including Allen Chandliss, an astronomer hidden in the Idaho hills.One day Allen Chandliss discovers that an alien fleet is about to approach Earth … a discovery that will make the world re-think their whole new way of life and start the next chapter in humanity's great cosmic adventure.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 37: March 2019Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories by: Larry Hodges. Floris M. Kleijne, Orson Scott Card, Brian Trent. Sean Patrick Hazlett. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, J.W. Alden, J.P. Sullivan, Brennan Harvey, Mercedes Lackey, Thomas K. Carpenter, George Nikolopoulos, Nick DiChario, Joe HaldemanSerialization: Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charles SheffieldColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Jody Lynn NyeGalaxy's Edge is a bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Mars is a dying old world, full of evil tyrants and decaying cities where crime and malevolence run rampant.Eric Stark is an outlaw in this savage world. Orphaned on Mercury and raised by native tribes there, he is hunted by the law, betrayed and wanted by warlords and may hold the fate of Mars in his hands.Leah Bracket's Eric Stark stories are some of the finest examples of mid-twentieth century romantic adventures in science fiction. She had this unique ability to inject a certain pathos and sensitivity into her characters and situations which made her books stand out within this sub-genre.Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 to March 18, 1978) was an influential writer during the Golden Age of science fiction and one of the pioneers establishing women as a serious force in the field. She has been referred to as the Queen of Science Fiction and her works include the classic The Long Tomorrow as well the Eric Stark books which are a prime example of the romantic adventures of the Golden era.Leigh was also a highly respected screenwriter and her credits include Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.In 1931 she married Edmond Hamilton, another early icon of the genre who died in 1977.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 36: January 2019Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories by: Elly Bangs, Austin DeMarco, Robert Silverberg, Dan Koboldt, Edward M. Lerner, Jane Yolen, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Thomas K. Carpenter, Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg, Todd McCaffrey, Joy Kennedy-O'Neill. Christopher Blake, Joe HaldemanSerialization: Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charles SheffieldColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews F. Paul WilsonGalaxy's Edge is a bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Galaxy's Edge has been publishing outstanding science fiction and fantasy fiction since its inaugural issue in March 2013. The magazine's authors include seasoned veterans as well as exciting new talent from across the globe.Whether its dragons or spaceships, magic or hard science, there is only one criterion to be published in Galaxy's Edge: it has to be a great story.As with the last edition of the Best of, all the fiction pieces in this volume have been personally selected by the editor, Mike Resnick. These stories appeared in issues of the magazine that were published between 2015 and 2017, and include new titles by bestselling authors like Larry Niven and David Gerrold, as well as exhilarating new writers like Marina J. Lostetter and Martin L. Shoemaker.And also, like with our previous Best of anthology, our authors all share one thing in common. They write engaging stories that will entertain you, leave you astonished, and make you think-the hallmarks of all good science fiction and fantasy.Contributors:Larry NivenStewart C BakerAlvaro Zinos-AmaroAuston HabershawLaurie TomAlex ShvartsmanSandra M. OdellEric Leif DavinTom GerencerDantzel CherryRon CollinsMarina J. LostetterLeena LikitaloTina GowerEric ClineEffie SeibergSunil PatelRobert JeschonekJennifer Campbell-HicksSylvia Spruck WrigleyMartin L. ShoemakerDavid Gerrold

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 35: November 2018Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories by: Brian K. Lowe, Eleanor R. Wood, Harry Turtledove, Larry Hodges, Marc A. Criley, Nancy Kress, Dantzel Cherry, David L. Hebert, Mercedes Lackey, Susan Taitel. Gregory Benford, Robert SilverbergSerialization: Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charles SheffieldColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Larry NivenRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Michael SwanwickGalaxy's Edge is a bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Charles A. Sheffield was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author, whose words are collected here in one of his most iconic short story collections ever published, Hidden Variables. Known for his ability to incorporate real science into his fiction, Sheffield's stories exposed the potential flaws and triumphs of the human mind, by showing us that even if we've evolved enough to gain mastery of technology and advanced science, we can still fall prey to our selfish and emotional natures-but on a scale that can affect the rest of humanity.In "The Man who Stole the Moon" Sheffield tells of the depths one man will descend to overcome the bureaucratic stifling of initiative that happens when those in power aren't willing to grant someone's visions for the future. Will simple red tape prevent Man from leaving Earth to make the greatest leap for all of humanity?In "Forefather Figure," can the wish for us to know more about the Cro-Magnon's, our ancestors of an era long gone, justify creating the technology to help a man cheat death, only for the scientist to then use that life to achieve his own ends?And in "Hidden Variables," the story this collection was named after, can the mere potential for one man's greatest scientific achievement to have wide-ranging adverse consequences mean his murder is something that can be sanctioned?Whether it's a short story on one man's atonement after a murder in "From Natural Causes," or the discovery of a child prodigy on a generational asteroid ship, bound for a new colony in "All the Colors of the Vacuum," or the breathtaking tale of loss and redemption in "Summertide", the variations in the stories Sheffield wrote can be quite profound, but his talent was by no means hidden.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 31: March 2018Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories: Michael Haynes, Robert Jeschonek, Nancy Kress, Matt Dovey, Brennan Harvey, Regina Kanyu Wang, Robert Silverberg, Larry Hodges, George Nikolopoulos, Robert J. Sawyer, Jon Lasser, Steven H Silver, Orson Scott CardSerialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan SlonczewskiColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Greg BearGalaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

"One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years."-Publishers Weekly"A master of hard science fiction."-NoumenonThis collection contains sixteen stories and science articles by the remarkable author, Charles Sheffield.The stories range in length from being barely a page ("The Seventeen-Year Locusts") to long novelettes ("The Courts of Xanadu"). They also range in mood from the "very silly to very somber."Each of them provides a unique and highly imaginative look at the impact of technology on the human condition from one of the most innovative minds in science fiction.Charles Sheffield was a mathematician and a theoretical physicist who had that rare gift of making complex science understandable to everyone, as evident in this collection.

"Gripping. Impossible to put down."- Jack McDevitt"Leave it to Edward M. Lerner to take a notion, run with it, squeeze every ramification out of it, and put it altogether in an irresistible page-turner. Dark Secret is a crackerjack novel-hard science fiction at its best."- Robert J. SawyerWhen the experimental ship Clermont is urgently recalled from a long-range test flight, neither Dana McElwain nor Blake Westford, its captain and crew, imagines that they are about to embark on a much more urgent voyage-or that this new mission will determine the fate of the human race. A gamma-ray burst-the deadly beam of radiation spawned seven thousand years earlier in the death throes of doomed neutron stars-is about to wipe the Solar System clean of all life. Only the Clermont's prototype Dark Energy Drive might carry anyone, and any of humanity's legacy, to safety before that extinction. And then what? Where beyond the Solar System is safe? What if the price of survival is to become less … human? "Dark Secret is a unique tale of catastrophe and survival on multiple levels, gripping and harrowing yet ultimately inspiring. Lerner shows what it might really be like to be forced from an out-of-control frying pan into a far worse fire, and how humanity might endure even if what the refugees bring with them is worse than what they find."- Stanley Schmidt