Table of Contents: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION Edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Check out the impressive table of contents for the anthology Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, coming later this year (November):
Here’s the book description:
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories—close to 250,000 words—edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction’s greatest up-and-coming authors.
David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognized as two of the most skilled and trusted arbiters of the field, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans’ first opportunities to see what their considerable talents come up with together, and also to get a unique perspective on what’s coming next in the science fiction field.
The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and Peter Watts, and the stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction field’s major awards.
Here’s the table of contents:
- “Infinities” by Vandana Singh
- “Rogue Farm” by Charles Stross
- “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
- “Strood” by Neal Asher
- “Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky
- “The Tale Of The Wicked” by John Scalzi
- “Bread And Bombs” by M. Rickert
- “The Waters Of Meribah” by Tony Ballantyne
- “Tk’tk’tk” by David Levine
- “The Nearest Thing” by Genevieve Valentine
- “Erosion” by Ian Creasey
- “The Calculus Plague” by Marissa Lingen
- “One Of Our Bastards Is Missing” by Paul Cornell
- “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear
- “Finisterra” by David Moles
- “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal
- “The Education Of Junior Number 12″ by Madeline Ashby
- “Toy Planes” by Tobias Buckell
- “The Algorithms For Love” by Ken Liu
- “The Albian Message” by Oliver Morton
- “To Hie From Far Cilenia” by Karl Schroeder
- “Savant Songs” by Brenda Cooper
- “Ikiryoh” by Liz Williams
- “The Prophet Of Flores” by Ted Kosmatka
- “How To Become A Mars Overlord” by Catherynne M. Valente
- “Second Person, Present Tense” by Daryl Gregory
- “Third Day Lights” by Alaya Dawn Johnson
- “Balancing Accounts” by James Cambias
- “A Vector Alphabet Of Interstellar Travel” by Yoon Ha Lee
- “His Master’s Voice” by Hannu Rajaniemi
- “Plotters And Shooters” by Kage Baker
- “The Island” by Peter Watts
- “Escape To Other Worlds With Science Fiction” by Jo Walton
- “Chicken Little” by Cory Doctorow
Book info as per Amazon US:
- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (November 5, 2013)
- ISBN-10: 0765326000
- ISBN-13: 978-0765326003