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January 31, 2024 | History

Collects short stories from Lightspeed, the online science fiction magazine.

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Publisher
Prime Books
Language
English
Pages
575

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Cover of: Lightspeed
Lightspeed: year one
2011, Prime Books
in English
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Lightspeed
2011, Prime Books
in English

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[Rockville, Md.]

Table of Contents

Introduction / John Joseph Adams
I'm alive, I love you, I'll see you in Reno / Vylar Kaftan
The Cassandra project / Jack McDevitt
Cats in victory / David Barr Kirtley
Amaryllis / Carrie Vaughn
No time like the present / Carol Emshwiller
Manumission / Tobias S. Buckell
The Zeppelin Conductors' Society Annual Gentlemen's Ball / Genevieve Valentine
" ... For a single yesterday" / George R.R. Martin
How to become a Mars overlord / Catherynne M. Valente
Patient zero / Tananarive Due
Arvies / Adam-Troy Castro
More than the sum of his parts / Joe Haldeman
Flower, mercy, needle, chain / Yoon Ha Lee
The long chase / Geoffrey A. Landis
Amid the words of war / Cat Rambo
Travelers / Robert Silverberg
Hindsight / Sarah Langan
Tight little stitches in a dead man's back / Joe R. Lansdale
The taste of starlight / John R. Fultz
Beachworld / Stephen King
Standard loneliness package / Charles Yu
Faces in revolving souls / Caitlín R. Kiernan
Hwang's billion brilliant daughters / Alice Sola Kim
Ej-Es / Nancy Kress
In-fall / Ted Kosmatka
The observer / Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Jenny's sick / David Tallerman
The silence of the asonu / Ursula K. Le Guin
Postings from an amorous tomorrow / Corey Mariani
Cucumber gravy / Susan Palwick
Black fire / Tanith Lee
The elephants of Poznan / Orson Scott Card
Long enough and just so long / Cat Rambo
The passenger / Julie E. Czerneda
Simulacrum / Ken Liu
Breakaway, backdown / James Patrick Kelly
Saying the names / Maggie Clark
Gossamer / Stephen Baxter
Spider the artist / Nnedi Okorafor
Woman leaves room / Robert Reed
All that touches the air / An Owomoyela
Maneki neko / Bruce Sterling
Mama, we are zhenya, your son / Tom Crosshill
Velvet fields / Anne McCaffrey
The harrowers / Eric Gregory
Bibi from Jupiter / Tessa Mellas
Eliot wrote / Nancy Kress
Scales / Alastair Reynolds.

Edition Notes

Other Titles
Light speed year one

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PN6120.95.S33 L54 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
575 p. ;
Number of pages
575

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26644934M
ISBN 10
1607013045
ISBN 13
9781607013044
OCLC/WorldCat
738363159

Work Description

Collects short stories from Lightspeed, the online science fiction magazine.

Contains:
I'm alive, I love you, I'll see you in Reno / Vylar Kaftan --
The Cassandra project / Jack McDevitt --
Cats in victory / David Barr Kirtley --
Amaryllis / Carrie Vaughn --
No time like the present / Carol Emshwiller --
Manumission / Tobias S. Buckell --
The Zeppelin Conductors' Society Annual Gentlemen's Ball / Genevieve Valentine --
" ... For a single yesterday" / George R.R. Martin --
How to become a Mars overlord / Catherynne M. Valente --
Patient zero / Tananarive Due --
Arvies / Adam-Troy Castro --
More than the sum of his parts / Joe Haldeman --
Flower, mercy, needle, chain / Yoon Ha Lee --
The long chase / Geoffrey A. Landis --
Amid the words of war / Cat Rambo --
Travelers / Robert Silverberg --
Hindsight / Sarah Langan --
Tight little stitches in a dead man's back / Joe R. Lansdale --
The taste of starlight / John R. Fultz --
Beachworld / Stephen King --
Standard loneliness package / Charles Yu --
Faces in revolving souls / Caitlín R. Kiernan --
Hwang's billion brilliant daughters / Alice Sola Kim --
Ej-Es / Nancy Kress --
In-fall / Ted Kosmatka --
The observer / Kristine Kathryn Rusch --
Jenny's sick / David Tallerman --
The silence of the asonu / Ursula K. Le Guin --
Postings from an amorous tomorrow / Corey Mariani --
Cucumber gravy / Susan Palwick --
Black fire / Tanith Lee --
The elephants of Poznan / Orson Scott Card --
Long enough and just so long / Cat Rambo --
The passenger / Julie E. Czerneda --
Simulacrum / Ken Liu --
Breakaway, backdown / James Patrick Kelly --
Saying the names / Maggie Clark --
Gossamer / Stephen Baxter --
Spider the artist / Nnedi Okorafor --
Woman leaves room / Robert Reed --
All that touches the air / An Owomoyela --
Maneki neko / Bruce Sterling --
Mama, we are zhenya, your son / Tom Crosshill --
Velvet fields / Anne McCaffrey --
The harrowers / Eric Gregory --
Bibi from Jupiter / Tessa Mellas --
Eliot wrote / Nancy Kress --
Scales / Alastair Reynolds.

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