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Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction

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Carbide Tipped Pens is an anthology of new hard SF stories that follow the classic definition of the genre, in which some element of science or technology is so central to the plot that there would be no story if that element were removed. The aim of the editors was to collect stories which emphasize plot, character, science, originality and believability in equal measure, not only to entertain readers but also to educate and to return the sense of wonder of the Golden Age to a new generation of 21st Century readers.

Contents:
Blue afternoon that lasted forever / Daniel H. Wilson --
Slow unfurling of truth / Aliette de Bodard --
Thunderwell / Doug Beason --
Circle / Liu Cixin --
Old timer's game / Ben Bova --
Snows of yesteryear / Jean-Louis Trudel --
Skin Deep / Leah Petersen & Gabrielle Harbowy --
Lady with fox / Gregory Benford --
Habilis / Howard Hendrix --
Play's the thing / Jack McDevitt --
Every hill ends with sky / Robert Reed --
She just looks that way / Eric Choi --
SIREN of Titan / David DeGraff --
Yoke of inauspicious stars / Kate Story --
Ambiguous nature / Carl Frederick --
Maldelbrot bet / Dirk Strasser --
Recollection / Nancy Fulda.

Language: English

Pages: 400

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Tor Books

Release: December 02, 2014

ISBN: 0765334305

ISBN 13: 9780765334305

Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Carbide Tipped Pens is an anthology of new hard SF stories that follow the classic definition of the genre, in which some element of science or technology is so central to the plot that there would be no story if that element were removed. The aim of the editors was to collect stories which emphasize plot, character, science, originality and believability in equal measure, not only to entertain readers but also to educate and to return the sense of wonder of the Golden Age to a new generation of 21st Century readers.

Contents:
Blue afternoon that lasted forever / Daniel H. Wilson --
Slow unfurling of truth / Aliette de Bodard --
Thunderwell / Doug Beason --
Circle / Liu Cixin --
Old timer's game / Ben Bova --
Snows of yesteryear / Jean-Louis Trudel --
Skin Deep / Leah Petersen & Gabrielle Harbowy --
Lady with fox / Gregory Benford --
Habilis / Howard Hendrix --
Play's the thing / Jack McDevitt --
Every hill ends with sky / Robert Reed --
She just looks that way / Eric Choi --
SIREN of Titan / David DeGraff --
Yoke of inauspicious stars / Kate Story --
Ambiguous nature / Carl Frederick --
Maldelbrot bet / Dirk Strasser --
Recollection / Nancy Fulda.

Language: English

Pages: 400

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Tor Books

Release: December 02, 2014

ISBN: 0765334305

ISBN 13: 9780765334305

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