Engineering Infinity - Infinity Author:Jonathan Strahan (Editor) The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with a sense of wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity. Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that ... more »terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it's hard science-fiction where sense of wonder is most often found and where science-fiction's true heart lies.
Contents:
Beyond the Gernsback Continuum . . . • (2011) • essay by Jonathan Strahan;
Malak / Peter Watts
Watching the Music Dance /Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Laika's Ghost [Gennady] / Karl Schroeder
The Invasion of Venus / Stephen Baxter
The Server and the Dragon / Hannu Rajaniemi
Bit Rot [Saturn's Children] / Charles Stross
Creatures with Wings / Kathleen Ann Goonan
Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone / Damien Broderick. Barbara Lamar
Mantis / Robert Reed
Judgement Eve / John C. Wright
A Soldier of the City / David Moles
Mercies / Gregory Benford
The Ki-anna / Gwyneth Jones
The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees / John Barnes.