Books published by Wildside Press

A short story collection by the author of "The Birthgrave" and "The Silver Metal Lover".

Wilson, an unwanted waif of the generation-long war of unity, spends his boyhood in forced labour and persecution. Rebelling, he is sent as a convicted murderer to the newly colonised penal world of Stellar. He survives to win promotion in the Stellar Legion, the most brutal military system ever founded.Laurance, Director of the Federation of Man, is afraid of the thing he has helped create, and tries to dissolve the Stellar Legion. He pits his wits against its commander, Hogarth, terrified lest the human wolves trained and hardened in blood and terror should range the defenceless galaxy...

"Di Filippo is a joyful writer...insightful...skillful." -Washington PostThis collection presents PAUL DI FILIPPO at his best and most creative-an astonishing, multiverse-spanning selection of 19 of his very best tales, from humorous to serious, from otherworldly to in-your-backyard (and in-your-face)! Here are:ProvidenceArgus BlinkedLife in the AnthropoceneBombs Away!Cockroach LoveWaves and Smart MagmaTo See Infinity BareThe End of the Great ContinuityFjaerlandThe HPL Commonplace BookProfessor Fluvius's Palace of Many WatersYes We Have No BananasA Partial and Conjectural History of Dr. Mueller's Panoptical Cartoon EngineThe New CyberiadiCityReturn to the 20th CenturyMurder in GeektopiaThe Omniplus Ultra!WikiworldIntroduction by Rudy Rucker