TOC: ‘Lightspeed: Year One’ Edited by John Joseph Adams
Prime Books has posted the table of conetnst for Lightspeed: Year One edited by John Joseph Adams, which is described thusly:
Lightspeed: Year One compiles all the fiction published by the online science fiction magazine Lightspeed in its first year. Originally published stories include Nebula Award finalists Vylar Kaftan’s “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” and Adam-Troy Castro’s “Arvies” as well as Carrie Vaughn’s Hugo Award-nominated “Amaryllis”. Plus there are classic stories by Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and more.
The popular, critically-acclaimed Lightspeed is edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Lightspeed publishes all types of science fiction, from near-future sociological soft sf to far-future star-spanning hard sf–and everything in between. Each month, Lightspeed features a mix of original and classic stories, from a variety of authors, showcasing the best new genre voices along with bestsellers, award-winners, fan favorites, and notable authors readers already know.
And here’s the story lineup…
- “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan
- “The Cassandra Project” by Jack McDevitt
- “Cats in Victory” by David Barr Kirtley
- “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn
- “No Time Like the Present” by Carol Emshwiller
- “Manumission” by Tobias S. Buckell
- “The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine
- “…For a Single Yesterday” by George R. R. Martin
- “How to Become a Mars Overlord” by Catherynne M. Valente
- “Patient Zero” by Tananarive Due
- “Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro
- “More Than the Sum of His Parts” by Joe Haldeman
- “Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee
- “The Long Chase” by Geoffrey A. Landis
- “Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo
- “Travelers” by Robert Silverberg
- “Hindsight” by Sarah Langan
- “Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back” by Joe R. Lansdale
- “The Taste of Starlight” by John R. Fultz
- “Beachworld” by Stephen King
- “Standard Loneliness Package” by Charles Yu
- “Faces in Revolving Souls” by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- “Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters” by Alice Sola Kim
- “Ej-Es” by Nancy Kress
- “In-Fall” by Ted Kosmatka
- “The Observer” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- “Jenny’s Sick” by David Tallerman
- “The Silence of the Asonu” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- “Postings from an Amorous Tomorrow” by Corey Mariani
- “Cucumber Gravy” by Susan Palwick
- “Black Fire” by Tanith Lee
- “The Elephants of Poznan” by Orson Scott Card
- “Long Enough And Just So Long” by Cat Rambo
- “The Passenger” by Julie E. Czerneda
- “Simulacrum” by Ken Liu
- “Breakaway, Backdown” by James Patrick Kelly
- “Saying the Names” by Maggie Clark
- “Gossamer” by Stephen Baxter
- “Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor
- “Woman Leaves Room” by Robert Reed
- “All That Touches the Air” by An Owomoyela
- “Maneki Neko” by Bruce Sterling
- “Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son” by Tom Crosshill
- “Velvet Fields” by Anne McCaffrey
- “The Harrowers” by Eric Gregory
- “Bibi From Jupiter” by Tessa Mellas
- “Eliot Wrote” by Nancy Kress
- “Scales” by Alastair Reynolds
[via A Dribble of Ink via Tobias Buckell]