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Galactic empires

Title

Galactic empires / edited by Neil Clarke.

Publication

New York : Night Shade Books, [2017]
©2017

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Description

xi, 621 pages; 23 cm

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."--

Subjects

Genre/Form

Short stories.
Science fiction.
Fiction.

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.

Call Number

JFE 17-2331

ISBN

9781597808842
1597808849

LCCN

2016030371

OCLC

936534161

Title

Galactic empires / edited by Neil Clarke.

Publisher

New York : Night Shade Books, [2017]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor.

Container of (work): McAuley, Paul J. Winning peace.

Container of (work): Leckie, Ann. Night's slow poison.

Container of (work): Clare, Gwendolyn. All the painted stars.

Container of (work): Sanderson, Brandon. Firstborn.

Container of (work): Egan, Greg, 1961- Riding the crocodile.

Container of (work): Barnes, John, 1957- Lost princess man.

Container of (work): Bodard, Aliette de. Waiting stars.

Container of (work): Asher, Neal L., 1961- Alien archeology.

Container of (work): Berger, Paul M. Muse of empires lost.

Container of (work): Lee, Yoon Ha. Ghostweight.

Container of (work): Buckell, Tobias S. Cold heart.

Container of (work): Silverberg, Robert. Colonel returns to the stars.

Container of (work): Rusch, Kristine Kathryn. Impossibles.

Container of (work): Wilson, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1951- Utriusque Cosmi.

Container of (work): Hemry, John G. Section seven.

Container of (work): Scholes, Ken. Invisible empire of ascending light.

Container of (work): Reed, Robert, 1956- Man with the golden balloon.

Container of (work): Nestvold-Mack, Ruth. Looking through lace.

Container of (work): Tem, Steve Rasnic, 1950- Letter from the Emperor.

Container of (work): Snodgrass, Melinda M., 1951- Wayfarer's advice.

Container of (work): Novik, Naomi. Seven years from home.

Container of (work): McDonald, Ian, 1960- Verthandi's ring.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-2331

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