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Extrasolar: Tales of Super Earths and Hot Jupiters
Extrasolar Tales of Super Earths and Hot Jupiters Author:Nick Gevers (Editor) Among the brilliant visionary scenarios in Extrasolar: military antagonists meet in the atmosphere of a gas giant; gifted children hijack a starship to search out a new home; a superjovian world yields mysterious and much-coveted gemstones; aliens find our solar system disconcertingly paradoxical; a feminist SF writer of the Seventies crafts lib... more »erating exoplanetary dreams; the habitats aboard a gargantuan spaceship cater to the needs of truly exotic aliens; and scientists eagerly seeking exoplanets confront a devastating truth. And then there are songs of home and far away and bitter exile; intelligence calling to intelligence across light years and species barriers; utterly immersive dives into perilous planetary atmospheres; brave responses to enigmatic messages from the stars; a machine embracing a Gothic destiny; and a truly different kind of space opera.
Contents:
Introduction / Nick Gevers --
Holdfast / Alastair Reynolds --
Shadows of eternity / Gregory Benford --
A game of three generals / Aliette de Bodard --
The bartered planet / Paul di Filippo --
Come home / Terry Dowling --
The residue of fire / Robert Reed --
Thunderstone / Matthew Hughes --
Jouney to the anomaly / Ian Watson --
Canoe / Nancy Kress --
The planet woman / by M.V. Crawford ; Lavie Tidhar (editor and introducer) --
Arcturean nocturne / Jack McDevitt --
Life signs / Paul McAuley --
The fall of the house of Kepler / Ian R. Macleod --
The tale of the Alcubierre horse / Kathleen Ann Goonan.