Solaris Rising 3 pushes the boundaries of current SF publishing and hammers home, story after story, Whates' mission statement to prove that SF is the most exciting and inspiring of all the fiction genres; offering the poignant reflection of humanity--often funny, often dark and always surprising--that sits at the heart of all great fiction writing, and stretching it across time and space.
With contributions from Ken Liu, Rachel Swirsky, Gareth L. Powell, Aliette de Bodard, Tony Ballantyne and many, many more, Solaris Rising 3 is a diverse collection of ground-breaking stories that will be essential reading for SF fans everywhere.
Described by Pornokitsch.com as "the UK's finest editor of Science Fiction," Whates has gathered together some of the best known names and most thrilling emerging talents in SF to contribute to this latest bumper anthology release in Solaris Book's stellar year of anthology publishing.
Featuring stories from:
Adam Roberts, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Aliette de Bodard, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Cat Sparks, Chris Beckett, Gareth L. Powell, George Zebrowski, Ian R. MacLeod & Martin Sketchley, Ian Watson, Julie E. Czerneda, Ken Liu, Laura Lam, Nina Allan// Rachel Swirsky, Sean Williams, Tony Ballantyne
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Ian Whates
- When We Harvested the Nacre-Rice - short fiction by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
- The Goblin Hunter - short fiction by Chris Beckett
- Homo Floresiensis - short fiction by Ken Liu
- A Taste for Murder - short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
- Double Blind - short fiction by Tony Ballantyne
- The Mashup - short fiction by Sean Williams
- The Frost on Jade Buds - short fiction by Aliette de Bodard
- Popular Images from the First Manned Mission to Enceladus - short fiction by Alex Dally MacFarlane
- Red Lights, and Rain - short story by Gareth L. Powell
- They Swim Through Sunset Seas - short fiction by Laura Lam
- Faith Without Teeth - short story by Ian Watson
- Thing and Sick - novelette by Adam Roberts
- The Sullen Engines - short fiction by George Zebrowski
- Dark Harvest - short fiction by Cat Sparks
- Fift & Shria - short story by Benjamin Rosenbaum
- The Howl - short fiction by Ian R. MacLeod and Martin Sketchley
- The Science of Chance - short fiction by Nina Allan
- Endless - short fiction by Rachel Swirsky