The Hugo Award-winning author of such groundbreaking and innovative novels as Accelerando, Halting State, and Saturn's Children delivers a selection of speculative fiction brought together in one collection, showdcasing the limitless imagination of one of the twenty-first century's most daring visionaries.
Author(s): Charles Stross
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 201
Cover......Page 1
Title/Copyright......Page 2
Ace Books by Charles Stross......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
BOMB SCARE......Page 8
VOYAGE......Page 9
BOLDLY GO......Page 11
COMMITTEE PROCESS......Page 13
CANNON FODDER......Page 16
CAPTAIN’S LOG......Page 17
DISCOGRAPHY......Page 19
TENURE TRACK......Page 22
ON THE BEACH......Page 23
BEEN HERE BEFORE......Page 26
COLLECTING JAR......Page 28
HOMEWARD-BOUND......Page 30
LAST SUPPER......Page 33
POOR PROGNOSIS......Page 36
RUSHMORE......Page 37
ANTHROPIC ERROR......Page 41
IT’S ALWAYS OCTOBER THE FIRST......Page 43
Afterword—“Missile Gap”......Page 45
Rogue Farm......Page 46
RED SQUARE REDUX......Page 57
PUZZLE PALACE......Page 59
LATE NIGHT IN THE WHITE HOUSE......Page 60
THE MOONLIT SHORES OF LAKE VOSTOK......Page 62
GENERAL LEMAY WOULD BE PROUD......Page 64
TECHNOLOGY TASTER......Page 65
THE GREAT SATAN......Page 68
SWIMMING POOL......Page 70
BOMBING IN FIFTEEN MINUTES......Page 73
WE NEED YOU BACK......Page 74
MASADA......Page 75
Afterword—“A Colder War”......Page 77
LETTERS TO NATURE......Page 78
Afterword—“MAXOS”......Page 80
Down on the Farm......Page 81
Unwirer......Page 102
Snowball’s Chance......Page 122
IN WHICH LAURA DEPARTS AND FIONA MAKES A REQUEST......Page 130
THE NEW BUTLER CALLS......Page 132
THE DANGEROUS DROP CLUB......Page 134
THE SPORT OF KINGS......Page 135
MISS FENG SERVES THE WRONG BEER......Page 138
PLEASURE DOMES OF MARS: A PRIMER......Page 139
IN WHICH RALPH EXPLAINS THE NATURE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LAURA......Page 141
JEREMY RUNS AMOK; A DREADFUL DISCOVERY BEFORE DINNER......Page 142
AN AFTER-DINNER SHOW; DISCUSSIONS OF HORTICULTURE......Page 144
MISS FENG MAKES A SERIES OF OBSERVATIONS......Page 146
A MEETING IN THE TUNNELS......Page 147
I FIND LAURA IN QUESTIONABLE COMPANY......Page 150
JEREMY PULLS IT OFF......Page 152
Afterword—“Trunk and Disorderly”......Page 154
FRESH MEAT......Page 155
HACKING HISTORY......Page 161
ELITE......Page 166
THE LIBRARY AT THE END OF TIME......Page 173
REPEATEDLY KILLING THE BUDDHA......Page 182
REDUX......Page 189
RESEEDING......Page 195
Afterword—“Palimpsest”......Page 200
Credits......Page 201
