New Skies
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 142997883X Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 142997883X Global Overview for this book
Registered by GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 2/3/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this softcover at a local Dollar Store. It's a SF anthology including stories from many great authors. Among my favorites:
Steven Gould's "Peaches for Mad Molly", set in a world where climate change has flooded the big cities - but people have shifted to living in ever-higher high-rises. Or living outside them, forming communities on ledges and using ropes and climbing skills to maneuver up and down. The story reveals a lot about this environment while focusing on one character who's trying to nab some rare roof-grown peaches as a gift for a friend. Exciting story, great setting.
"A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis - this one I'd read before in other collections, but it's still impressive. It's set in a post-apocalyptic community, a small rural place, where rules have been established to protect the survivors - and with a very wistful storyline about a child visiting the post office in hopes of hearing news from long-vanished friends. The subtle revelation of the truth is quite wrenching.
"Will You Be an Astronaut?" by Greg van Eekhout opens as if it's a recruiting pamphlet for young people, but gradually reveals what's really been happening to the astronauts and why...
"The Alien Mind" by Philip K. Dick features a solo spacefarer taking extreme steps to silence his mewing cat while he's in contact with aliens; the aliens do not take it well, and come up with a highly satisfactory payback.
"The Lincoln Train" by Maureen F. McHugh is set in an alternate post-Civil-War period where slave-owners are being evacuated by a different form of Underground Railroad - though the folks who are working to save their lives don't necessarily approve of their politics.
And there's much more!
Steven Gould's "Peaches for Mad Molly", set in a world where climate change has flooded the big cities - but people have shifted to living in ever-higher high-rises. Or living outside them, forming communities on ledges and using ropes and climbing skills to maneuver up and down. The story reveals a lot about this environment while focusing on one character who's trying to nab some rare roof-grown peaches as a gift for a friend. Exciting story, great setting.
"A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis - this one I'd read before in other collections, but it's still impressive. It's set in a post-apocalyptic community, a small rural place, where rules have been established to protect the survivors - and with a very wistful storyline about a child visiting the post office in hopes of hearing news from long-vanished friends. The subtle revelation of the truth is quite wrenching.
"Will You Be an Astronaut?" by Greg van Eekhout opens as if it's a recruiting pamphlet for young people, but gradually reveals what's really been happening to the astronauts and why...
"The Alien Mind" by Philip K. Dick features a solo spacefarer taking extreme steps to silence his mewing cat while he's in contact with aliens; the aliens do not take it well, and come up with a highly satisfactory payback.
"The Lincoln Train" by Maureen F. McHugh is set in an alternate post-Civil-War period where slave-owners are being evacuated by a different form of Underground Railroad - though the folks who are working to save their lives don't necessarily approve of their politics.
And there's much more!
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at LFL - Lajoie Field, N 7th St in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Sunday, February 23, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (2/23/2020 UTC) at LFL - Lajoie Field, N 7th St in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it!
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*** Released for the 2020 Science Fiction challenge. ***
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2020 Science Fiction challenge. ***