| Description |
xi, 621 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Winning peace / Paul J. McAuley -- Night's slow poison / Ann Leckie -- All the painted stars / Gwendolyn Clare -- Firstborn / Brandon Sanderson -- Riding the crocodile / Greg Egan -- The lost princess man / John Barnes -- The waiting stars / Aliette de Bodard -- Alien archeology / Neal Asher -- The muse of empires lost / Paul Berger -- Ghostweight / Yoon Ha Lee -- A cold heart / Tobias S. Buckell -- The Colonel returns to the stars / Robert Silverberg -- The impossibles / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Utriusque Cosmi / Robert Charles Wilson -- Section seven / John G. Hemry -- Invisible empire of ascending light / Ken Scholes -- The man with the golden balloon / Robert Reed -- Looking through lace / Ruth Nestvold -- A letter from the Emperor / Steve Rasnic Tem -- The wayfarer's advice / Melinda Snodgrass -- Seven years from home / Naomi Novik -- Verthandi's ring / Ian McDonald. |
| Summary |
"Neil Clarke, publisher of the award-winning Clarkesworld magazine, presents a collection of thought-provoking and galaxy-spanning array of galactic short science fiction. From E. E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman, to George Lucas' Star Wars, the politics and process of Empire have been a major subject of science fiction's galaxy-spanning fictions. The idiom of the Galactic Empire allows science fiction writers to ask (and answer) questions that are shorn of contemporary political ideologies and allegiances. This simple narrative slight of hand allows readers and writers to see questions and answers from new and different perspectives. The stories in this book do just that. What social, political, and economic issues do the organizing structure of "empire" address? Often the size, shape, and fates of empires are determined not only by individuals, but by geography, natural forces, and technology. As the speed of travel and rates of effective communication increase, so too does the size and reach of an Imperial bureaucracy."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Imperialism -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Short Stories.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / General.
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Imperialism. (OCoLC)fst00968126
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Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Science fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor.
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Container of (work): McAuley, Paul J.
Winning peace.
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Container of (work): Leckie, Ann.
Night's slow poison.
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Container of (work): Clare, Gwendolyn.
All the painted stars.
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Container of (work): Sanderson, Brandon.
Firstborn.
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Container of (work): Egan, Greg, 1961-
Riding the crocodile.
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Container of (work): Barnes, John, 1957-
Lost princess man.
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Container of (work): Bodard, Aliette de.
Waiting stars.
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Container of (work): Asher, Neal L., 1961-
Alien archeology.
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Container of (work): Berger, Paul M.
Muse of empires lost.
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Lee, Yoon Ha.
Ghostweight.
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Container of (work): Buckell, Tobias S.
Cold heart.
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Container of (work): Silverberg, Robert.
Colonel returns to the stars.
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Container of (work): Rusch, Kristine Kathryn.
Impossibles.
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Container of (work): Wilson, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1951-
Utriusque Cosmi.
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Container of (work): Hemry, John G.
Section seven.
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Container of (work): Scholes, Ken.
Invisible empire of ascending light.
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Container of (work): Reed, Robert, 1956-
Man with the golden balloon.
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Container of (work): Nestvold, Ruth, 1958-
Looking through lace.
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Container of (work): Tem, Steve Rasnic, 1950-
Letter from the Emperor.
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Container of (work): Snodgrass, Melinda M., 1951-
Wayfarer's advice.
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Container of (work): Novik, Naomi.
Seven years from home.
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Container of (work): McDonald, Ian, 1960-
Verthandi's ring.
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| ISBN |
9781597808842 paperback |
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1597808849 paperback |
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